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Since January, the M23 rebel movement has seized Goma and Bukavu — two key cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — and since set up to govern for the long term in the regions under its ...

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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

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"Ensure that Rwandan troops withdraw from Congolese territory and that their M23 stop killing the Congolese populations," she said.

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

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On the streets of Goma, which is close to the border with Rwanda, economic activities have largely slowed down since the M23 rebels took ... and started to gain more territories, taking Bukavu ...