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The M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons expired. CBC | World News
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Congo severs ties with Rwanda, accusing it of backing M23 rebels
The three-year M23 insurgency in eastern Congo has intensified in January with the rebels seizing control of more territory than ever before, prompting the United Nations to warn of the risk of a broader regional war. CBC | World News
Read More »Congo provincial governor dies after fighting with rebels closing in on capital, authorities say
The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital. CBC | World News
Read More »Rebels fighting their way closer to Goma in eastern Congo
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to the main hospital from nearby towns and villages. CBC | World News
Read More »Overloaded ferry capsizes in Congo, killing dozens with over 100 others missing
A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. CBC | World News
Read More »Congo ‘on general alert’ over flu-like disease that’s killed dozens
Congo’s health minister said Thursday the government is on alert over a flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian among 37 sentenced to death over Congo coup attempt
A military court in Congo handed down a death sentences on Friday to 37 people, including a Canadian, after convicting them on charges of participating in an attempted coup. CBC | World News
Read More »Deaths from measles outbreak in Congo hits 6,000, WHO says
World Health Organization calls lack of funding a huge impediment to successfully curbing the outbreak of measles in Congo. CBC | World News
Read More »Violence against health workers complicating measles outbreak in Ebola-ravaged Congo
Violence against health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo is complicating the response to a massive measles outbreak and accelerating the spread of the disease, which has claimed twice as many lives than an ongoing Ebola epidemic. CBC | World News
Read More »26 killed as small plane crashes into homes in Congo
A small passenger plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing at least 26 people, including people on the ground. CBC | World News
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