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Congo War News Updates -- November 4, 2008
A rebel fighter from the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) looks at a vehicle from the World Food Programme in Rutshuru, north G…
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What Africom’s Not Telling Us About Rape In Congo …
From War Is Boring: Kinshasa — Sexual violence is a huge problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo: everyone knows it. But just how huge? And wh…
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Congo's Army In Disarray. Army Flees The Battlefield
Congolese soldiers man a check point on a road leading into Goma ( Photo AFP ) Congo Rebels Advance; Army Flees, Abandons Weapons -- Yahoo News/AP LU…
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Congolese Rebels Make New Gains
From the BBC News: Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have seized control of another town, forcing government forces and residents to fle…
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Congo Rebel Mutineer 'No Traitor'
From The BBC: Congolese rebel leader Gen Laurent Nkunda has told the BBC disciplinary action is being taken against a commander who tried to oust him…
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Rwandan Army To Start Congo Withdrawal
Rwandan soldiers march through the village of Pinga, eastern Congo, February 5, 2009. (Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters) From Yahoo News/Reuters: GOMA, C…
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UN Accuses Rebels, Militia of War Crimes in Congo
From The New York Times: KIBATI, Congo (AP) -- Rebels and pro-government militiamen executed civilians this week in two waves of terror that the top …
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Congo War Goes Regional
From Foreign Policy Blog: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has erupted again over the last several weeks, continuing an ongoing war that …
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Congo And Its Mineral Wealth
Search For Peace ‘Doomed’ By Scramble For Minerals In Congo -- Times Online Rebels reject ceasefire until demands are met Efforts to avert all-out wa…
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U.N. Forces Implicated In Rape
(Click Image To Enlarge) Peacekeeper Sex Abuse Rampant, UN Says -- Military.com GENEVA - A United Nations probe collected 217 allegations of abuse of…
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Congo Rebels Advance On Goma, UN Force Stretched
From Reuters: KILIMANYOKA, Congo (Reuters) - Rebel forces advanced on Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma on Wednesday, threatening to ove…
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DRCongo War News Updates -- October 28, 2008
Soldiers, UN Retreat As Rebels Advance In Congo -- Yahoo News/AP KILIMANYOKA, Congo – Rebels vowing to take Congo's eastern provincial capital of…
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Over 250,000 Displaced As Sexual Violence Erupts In DRC
From Times Online: ‘The first soldiers killed my brother and his son, then I was raped as I fled’ The first soldiers kicked down the door to her hous…
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Congo War Goes Regional
From Foreign Policy Blog: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has erupted again over the last several weeks, continuing an ongoing war that …
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Congo War News Updates -- March 2, 2009
Men displaced by war get haircuts at Bulengo camp just outside Goma in eastern Congo, February 26, 2009. The UN said today the Democratic Forces for …
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Congo And Its Mineral Wealth
Search For Peace ‘Doomed’ By Scramble For Minerals In Congo -- Times Online Rebels reject ceasefire until demands are met Efforts to avert all-out wa…
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Troops In Rwandan Uniforms Said To Cross Into Congo
Image from Maps of World From Bloomberg : Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Fighters dressed in Rwandan uniforms crossed the border into neighboring Democratic …
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Congo Rebel Pullback Raises Hopes For Peace Talks
A man cooking attracts boys in Kibumba, a village in eastern Congo, where government and rebel forces still vie for control. Walter Astrada for The N…
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Mineral Firms 'Fuel Congo Unrest'
From the BBC: Western mineral firms are fuelling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by failing to check where their raw materials come from…
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Hutu Rebels In Congo Strike Back Against Joint Offensive
Image from BBiTV From The Christian Science Monitor: FDLR militia targets civilians, aid workers, and officials who supported the Congo-Rwanda effort…
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