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US warns Rwanda over "clear violation" of Congo peace deal
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The US accused Rwanda of violating a peace deal after M23 rebels seized Uvira in eastern Congo. Despite a fragile calm, hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands displaced, raising fears the renewed fighting could derail US-brokered peace efforts.
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Rwanda rebels declare ceasefire for 'humanitarian' causes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The AFC/M23 rebel coalition said that it would implement a unilateral ceasefire starting on Tuesday. The group, backed by thousands of troops from neighbouring Rwanda, seized Goma, the main city in eastern DRC, last week. The United Nations estimated that 900 people died, while thousands
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Indian peacekeeper is UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Major Radhika Sen served in eastern DRC with the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, from March 2023 to April 2024 as the Commander of the Engagement Platoon for the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion.
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At least six dead in suicide bomb explosion in NE DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed in a suicide bomb explosion late Saturday, in the middle of Christmas celebration, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor on e
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Militant attack in Eastern DRC kills 19: Officials
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) radical group are suspected of killing 19 people in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's province of North Kivu, the head of the province's Buliki area said on Saturday.
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UNICEF says lives of 3 mln children in Eastern DRC at risk amid militia at
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Militia violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens the future of some 3 million internally displaced children in the east of the country, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.
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15 civilians killed by suspected rebel fighters in Eastern DRC
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], Nov 17 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed by suspected rebel fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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