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kalex
Kinkala :: Congo
| about 1 month ago
| Political News
Congolese soldiers advanced toward rebel lines Saturday in renewed fighting that threatens a tenuous cease-fire around the eastern provincial capital Goma Renewed fighting erupted Friday, and by Saturday morning the army had moved more than half a mile (at least...
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kalex
Kinkala :: Congo
| 2 months ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed Wednesday around this town in eastern Congo, as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day, forcing thousands to flee. A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the government was holding, however, and diplomats scrambled...
Kinkala :: Congo
| 7 days ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
More than 100 people are reported to have been killed in the attack the day after Christmas and that the Congolese military put the number dead at 120 to 150. Attackers hacked to death dozens of people at a church...
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kalex
Kinkala :: Congo
| about 1 month ago
| Political News
Thousands of people displaced by fighting in eastern Congo have stoned United Nations vehicles at a refugee camp in anger at the organization's failure to protect them. Soldiers who had stopped the U.N. peacekeepers' convoy at an impromptu roadblock at...
Kinkala :: Congo
| 3 months ago
| Conflict & Tragedy
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a U.N.-funded radio station reported Monday. Most of the victims were between the ages of...