M23, Goma and DR Congo

Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...
‘Days of mass burials ahead’ as DRC mourns its dead in Goma
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...
Congo to seek UN investigation into 'mass violations' in Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...
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Goma dispatch: Mass graves and reprisal fears as M23 seize DR Congo city
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...
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UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma
A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...
UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900
The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...
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UN rights chief asks anyone with ‘influence’ to act on Congo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...
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UN to vote on probe as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize Goma in deadly Congo offensive
DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN's top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group ...
UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...