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Embattled Congo president considers sitting down with M23 rebels

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels rampaging through eastern parts of his country, but a string of defeats and waning regional support have forced him think again.

Agence France-Presse on MSN · 23h

Rwanda-backed M23 welcomes talks to end DR Congo conflict

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Al Jazeera on MSN · 1d

DRC and M23 rebels to begin direct talks next week, mediator Angola says

A spokesperson for DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi said the government had received an invitation for the talks.

Southern African forces to leave DR Congo

BBC on MSN · 1d

Southern African forces to leave DR Congo as rebels gain ground

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu. South Africa's deployment was heavily criticised by the public and opposition following the killing of its soldiers.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Southern African Bloc to Withdraw Troops From Congo in Phases

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated the mandate of its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo and decided on a "phased withdrawal".

New Vision on MSN · 1d

Southern Africa bloc ends military mission in DR Congo

The southern African regional bloc decided Thursday to end its military deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where it lost more than a dozen soldiers in conflict in January.The 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) took the decision at a virtual summit on the conflict in the area that has seen some three decades of unrest and claimed millions of lives.

Daily Sabah9h

Families return to square one in east DR Congo's war-torn ruins

The Banyene family’s return to Sake, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was far from a homecoming.

New Vision on MSN3h

Burundi troops killed in fighting with M23 in DR Congo: military

Twenty Burundian troops have been killed in fighting with the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops supporting it in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, military sources told AFP on Thursday."We have ...

Why Congo’s vast army is struggling

ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...

The EastAfrican on MSN1d

After peacekeeping fails, SADC bets on political solution to Congo war

The decision means troops in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Al Jazeera on MSN1d

‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

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Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia

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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Widespread killing, rape, disease and war make Democratic Republic of Congo hell on earth

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

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