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(Reuters) - History seems to repeat itself in Democratic Republic of Congo. Only on NBCNews.com Teen lifts Thanksgiving spirits in Sandy-hit hometown China's latest supermodel? A 72-year-old farmer...
View ArticleDeja vu in eastern Congo, crucible of conflict
(Reuters) - History seems to repeat itself in Democratic Republic of Congo. Once again, armed rebels are on the move in the vast central African country's eastern borderlands with Rwanda and Uganda....
View ArticleTutsi commander faces war crimes trial
The renegade general Laurent Nkunda whose forces sparked an international crisis late last year in Eastern Congo was last night facing extradition to Congo and a possible war crimes trial. In a...
View ArticleCongo, Rwanda discuss warring rebel groups
GOMA, Congo - Great Lakes neighbours Congo and Rwanda sought to agree on Thursday on a strategy to disband feuding Congolese Tutsi and Rwandan Hutu rebel factions which have brought east Congo to the...
View ArticleRebels force Congolese from town
Written By:Zipporah Njeri/BBC , Posted: Thu, Nov 06, 2008 Caption: The summit aims to resolve the current crisis in Congo. It's the eve of a summit on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
View ArticleWhere to for the DRC?
For the better part of this year, the peace accords that brought five years of civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to an end have been described as fragile. As 2004 ends, however, the...
View ArticleExplainer: Behind Congolese conflict
(CNN) -- A shaky cease-fire between government troops and rebels was holding Saturday, a week after fighting broke out in the volatile eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The cease-fire...
View ArticleCongo Peace Imperiled by Armed Groups in East
Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed...
View ArticleRwanda threatens to reignite Congo
The Mi-17 helicopter rocks and shudders into life, the rotors accelerating until flight UN863 is airborne and skimming the rooftops of Goma for another mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...
View ArticleDR Congo's terrifying ritual of violence
Schoolteacher Brigite Mawazo Bonane was among the many who heard the gunshots ricocheting around the hills in North Kivu and fled for their lives. An estimated 10,000 refugees are on the move amid the...
View ArticleCongo rebels sign ceasefire deal
Jan 24, 2008 12:41 PM Warring rebels and militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a ceasefire deal aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of the world's most deadly...
View ArticleCongo rebels sign deal to end conflict
: Warring rebels and militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo signed a ceasefire deal on Wednesday aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of the world's most deadly humanitarian...
View ArticleAfrica's great war
IN THE chocolate waters of the Congo river, a mutilated corpse rolls by. The rebels' “minister for children” shivers. How is he going to explain this to the horrified UN peace envoys from the capital,...
View ArticleEthnic, Economic Interests Entangle Rwanda in Congo
Kiwanja, Democratic Republic of Congo. Four years after dozens of his neighbors in the remote eastern Congolese village of Kiwanja were butchered by rebels, Olivier has a sense of a recurring...
View ArticleInsight - Ethnic, economic interests entangle Rwanda in Congo
KIWANJA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Four years after dozens of his neighbours in the remote eastern Congolese village of Kiwanja were butchered by rebels, Olivier has a sense of a...
View ArticleInsight: Ethnic, economic interests entangle Rwanda in Congo
KIWANJA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Four years after dozens of his neighbors in the remote eastern Congolese village of Kiwanja were butchered by rebels, Olivier has a sense of a...
View ArticleDRC: Security concerns in a "democracy without democrats"
web [ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] © GOMA, - Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are a near certainty, despite the obstacles that threaten a...
View ArticleINSIGHT-Ethnic, economic interests entangle Rwanda in Congo
* Tangled alliances, enmities behind recurring insurgencies * Evidence points to Rwanda involvement; Kigali denies this * Rwanda's reputation at risk as western donors freeze aid * Rebellion highlights...
View ArticleCongo rebels sign deal to end eastern conflict
: Warring rebels and militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo signed a cease-fire deal on Wednesday aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of the world's most deadly humanitarian...
View ArticleWhy DRC's Kivu is focus of violence
Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich eastern border region, has for years been the focus of armed conflict that has often drawn in neighbouring countries. Divided into the provinces of...
View ArticleRebel leader in Congo offers to talk
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- With a cease-fire appearing to halt most fighting, a rebel leader said Thursday he wanted direct talks with the Congolese government. Envoys from the U.S. and U.N....
View ArticleCongo and Rwanda to fight rebels
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are due to sign a deal in the latest effort to end years of hostility over rebel activity in the region. DR Congo is expected to agree to disarm the ethnic...
View ArticleThe new Rwanda
The crisis in eastern Congo isn't really about Congo – it's a continuation of the Rwandan genocide...
View ArticleTackling Africa's 'First World War'
By Mark Doyle BBC News, Kigali The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to attend a summit in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, of African leaders to discuss solving the crisis in the...
View ArticleHundreds of Rwandan Troops Cross Border Into Congo
KINSHASA, Congo More than 1,500 Rwandan troops crossed the border into eastern Congo on Tuesday to join Congolese forces in an effort to oust Hutu rebels who participated in Rwanda's genocide and...
View ArticleHundreds of Rwandan troops enter eastern Congo
KINSHASA, CONGO: More than 1,500 Rwandan troops crossed the border into eastern Congo today to join Congolese forces in an effort to oust Hutu rebels who participated in Rwanda's genocide and have long...
View ArticleQ&A: Fighting in Congo
The factors and main groups behind the violence in the African country What is happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?...
View ArticleQ&A: DR Congo conflict
The Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly recovering from a conflict known as Africa's first world war, which led to the loss of some five million lives between 1994 and 2003, but many eastern areas...
View ArticleThe roots of war in eastern Congo
The Guardian's award winning Africa correspondent, Chris McGreal, explains why Congo's borderlands with Rwanda have become one of the continent's deadliest conflict zones ...
View ArticleHutus vs Tutsis
Nyamilima, DR Congo - People living in the remote reaches of Nord-Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo hesitate to call the Rwandan Hutu rebels by their name. They simply refer to them...
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