Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,044 Congolese refugees fleeing conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have entered the Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube District after being thoroughly screened by security and settlement management. The refugees, mainly children, women, and the elderly, arrived in …
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Luanda, Angola | THE INDEPENDENT | Angola has announced that it will establish contacts with the M23, so that delegations from the DRC and the rebels conduct direct negotiations in Luanda in the coming days. This follows a meeting today between Angola President, Joao Lourenço and DRC Felix Tshisekedi at the …
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PRETORIA | TASS | Rebels from the March 23 Movement (M23) have seized the city of Nyabiondo in the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the local Kivu news 24 news portal reported. Located some 110 kilometers northwest of Goma, the capital city of the …
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KINSHASA, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has offered five million US Dollars to any person that will help in the arrest of top March 23 Movement (M23) leaders. The leaders are Bertrand Bisimwa, the M23 President, General Emmanuel Sultani Makenga, the rebels’ …
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Inside the complicated relationship between Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The economist, Prof. Paul Collier, calculated that, holding other factors constant, economic growth in a neighbouring country can add up to 2% on the economic growth of your country. Therefore, a country having neighbours …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has suspended clearance of goods crossing to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via borders affected by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels insurgency. When M23 rebels captured the Uganda-DR Congo border of Bunagana, URA and Immigration services …
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Kanyuka argues that the M23 fighters did not raid but conducted a peaceful operation against 130 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers who were hiding in hospitals. Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in …
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KINSHASA | Xinhua | Several explosions killed at least 11 people and injured 65 others on Thursday in Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shortly after a political rally in support of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23). The latest casualties were confirmed by Corneille Nangaa, …
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COMMENT | Stephanie Nyombayire | Unlike what the international community will have you believe, the idea that a political solution is necessary to solve the conflict in Eastern DRC is far from new. It is what Rwanda has been calling for, for YEARS. It is exactly what President Tshisekedi has openly …
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KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced a four-month suspension of cobalt exports to regulate supply amid concerns of overproduction in the global market, authorities said Monday. In a statement, the DRC’s Regulatory and Oversight Authority for Strategic Mineral Substances Markets (ARECOMS), a …
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