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African leaders call for direct talks with rebels to resolve Congo conflict
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged all parties to hold direct talks, including with Rwanda-backed rebels whose advance has fanned fears of a wider war.
Leaders from Eastern and Southern African blocs seek solutions to Congo conflict
Leaders from Eastern and Southern African regional blocs gather in Tanzania on Saturday to seek a solution to the conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels have seized a major city in the worst escalation of fighting in more than a decade.
Eastern and Southern African leaders hold unprecedented summit to seek way out of Congo conflict
Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid advance since January has fanned fears of a wider war.
Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi joined a summit in Tanzania on Saturday where regional leaders called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eastern and Southern African leaders seek peace for DR Congo
Leaders of the regional blocs met for a joint summit to find a solution to the conflict and the rapid advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...
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 ...
Congo calls rebels’ ceasefire declaration ‘false communication’ as reports of fighting continue
Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...
As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive
Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of ...
Unilateral ceasefire declared by rebels who seized eastern Congo city of Goma
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...
Rwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
Goma remains “under occupation” by Congo’s M23 rebels and the ceasefire they announced has been broken as their forces engage ...
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INTERVIEW - Congo expecting ‘real ceasefire’ at joint African summit
M23’s ceasefire is a ‘joke’ and a ‘lie,’ says Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya - Anadolu Ajansı ...
Congo rebels announce ceasefire
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo's key city of Goma announced Monday a unilateral ceasefire in the region ...
Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'
The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on ...
African nations set to meet to discuss situation in DR Congo
The leaders of the African nations that are located around the Democratic Republic of the Congo plan to hold an emergency ...
Rwandan-backed rebels have seized another city in eastern Congo
Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week ...