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Burundi detains dozens of soldiers who refused deployment in fight against M23 rebels in Congo

Feb. 28, 2024 07:56 AM EST

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of Burundian troops have been detained for refusing to be deployed to eastern Congo in the fight against the M23 rebel group as it advances toward a major border city, according to army officers, prison officials and other witnesses. The dissenting...

US condemns Rwanda's support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal

Feb. 18, 2024 04:58 AM EST

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The U.S. has condemned Saturday Rwanda's support of the armed M23 group in eastern Congo, whose rebellion has caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and called on the rebel group to “cease hostilities.” The U.S. State Department in a...

Residents scatter as they fear Congo rebel group will again seize key eastern city of Goma

Feb. 07, 2024 11:39 AM EST

GOMA, Congo (AP) — One of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups is attacking a community considered the last line of defense before the region’s largest city of Goma, fleeing residents said Wednesday, even as the rebels claimed they had no intention to seize it again. The...

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country's leader rules out talks with Rwanda

Jan. 31, 2024 01:31 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo, a local official and a civil society leader said as the country's president ruled out dialogue with neighboring Rwanda over a related conflict. The killings in Congo's North Kivu...

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town

Jan. 26, 2024 05:36 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country's conflict-battered east. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped...

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is sworn into office following his disputed reelection

Jan. 20, 2024 11:19 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in Saturday following a disputed December election, promising to unite the Central African country during his second five-year term and to protect lives in the conflict-hit eastern region. “I am taking back the...

After a disputed election, Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is sworn in for his second five-year term

Jan. 20, 2024 10:06 AM EST
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — After a disputed election, Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is sworn in for his second five-year term.

Congo's constitutional court upholds election results, declares President Tshisekedi the winner

Jan. 09, 2024 14:57 PM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday upheld the results of last month's election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul the vote. “Mr. Tshisekedi Tshilombo Felix Antoine has been...

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

Dec. 31, 2023 11:29 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday as opposition candidates and their supporters questioned the validity of the results. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20...

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi wins reelection with over 70% of vote, election commission says

Dec. 31, 2023 10:27 AM EST
KINHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi wins reelection with over 70% of vote, election commission says.