A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...
It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... and to protect Tutsis, the ethnic group partly extinguished by ...
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Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...
In their telling, they’re protecting ethnic Tutsis ... s mines are making the rebels — and their patrons in Rwanda — rich. A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic ...
Congolese forces were losing control of the city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed by Rwanda took over the ...
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M23 now says it is defending ethnic Tutsis in DRC, whom Rwanda claims are being persecuted by Hutus and former militias responsible for the genocide. Many Hutus fled to DRC after the massacre and ...
The rebels' rapid advances through Congo's mineral-rich east since the start of the year followed a breakdown in peace talks between Congo and Rwanda in mid-December. As ethnic conflict between ...