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The Guardian view on conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a disaster with many makers

Western resource-hunger has fuelled a vast humanitarian crisis. Donors must now press Rwanda to pull back from this war

The Guardian - UK

Sudan’s army deserves the world’s support

Letters: Babikir Elamin rejects the claim that the country has ‘effectively collapsed into anarchy and fragmented fiefdoms’

The Guardian - UK

Romanian Security Contractors Surrender Amid DR Congo Fighting

Dozens of Romanian security contractors in the eastern DR Congo crossed the border into neighbouring Rwanda on Wednesday to surrender to authorities following days of deadly fighting, according to Kigali.

International Business Times

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Unrwa closure imminent as last-bid attempts to stop Israeli ban fail

Palestinians in war-devastated Gaza and occupied West Bank expected to be hardest hit by ban on refugee agency

The Guardian - UK

Congolese civilians caught in a growing rebellion face a terrible choice

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of an army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of backing the rebels

The Independent UK

Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma

Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.

Al Jazeera

M23 rebels expand their control in east Congo as Rwanda's Kagame joins calls for ceasefire

Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda’s president joined calls for a ceasefire

The Independent UK

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Tshisekedi skips crisis summit as M23 tightens grip on eastern DRC

The Congolese and Rwandan presidents were scheduled to hold talks at an emergency East African summit on Wednesday as M23 rebels, backed by Kigali, tighten their grip on the strategic eastern city of Goma.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda, DR Congo Leaders In Crisis Summit As Goma's Fate Hangs In Balance

The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma.

International Business Times

UN Warns Of Ethnic Attacks In Eastern DR Congo

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as conditions deteriorate in the region, haunted by the legacy of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath.

International Business Times

Fighting between DRC army and M23 rebels rages in eastern city of Goma

At least 100 people killed and 1,000 wounded in three days of heavy fighting in North Kivu

The Guardian - UK

After A 'Flood Of Fire', Goma Delivered To Looters

Heavy artillery fire and bursts of automatic weapons resonated for endless hours.

International Business Times

Peace in Sudan: a fresh mediation effort is needed – how it could work

Intense fighting has ravaged Sudan since 15 April 2023. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and its erstwhile comrades-in-arms, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Famine, displacement and mass atrocities are wreaking havoc in the country.

The Conversation

Cameroon could do with some foreign help to solve anglophone crisis – but the state doesn’t want it

What began in late 2016 as a peaceful protest by lawyers and teachers in Cameroon’s North West and South West regions quickly turned violent and developed into what’s become known as Cameroon’s anglophone crisis.

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Al Jazeera

Protesters attack French, US, Rwandan embassies in DRC

Demonstrators attack embassies of France, Belgium, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the United States in Kinshasa.

Radio France Internationale

French embassy targeted in Kinshasa protests over rebel crisis in eastern DRC

France has slammed a series of attacks on diplomatic missions in Kinshasa, fuelled by tensions over the M23 rebel conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Independent UK

'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

Bodies are lying on the streets

Radio France Internationale

France ramps up diplomacy as M23 rebels advance in eastern DRC

President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violence between the Congolese army and M23 rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands. The rebels are reportedly supported by Rwandan forces, a claim Kigali denies.

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The Guardian - UK

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services

The Independent UK

Dead bodies on the streets and hospitals overwhelmed as rebels battle government in DR Congo city of Goma

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are looking to occupy the major Congolese city of Goma, after doing so in 2012

The Guardian - UK

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur

Karim Khan says civilians being targeted and communities destroyed in western region of Sudan

International Business Times

Gunshots In DR Congo's Goma Ahead Of New UN Meeting

Gunshots rang out through parts of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, as Congolese soldiers clashed with militia fighters backed by Rwandan troops ahead of a UN Security Council meeting.

The Independent UK

Congo’s forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels in the east as protests break out in the capital

Congo’s security forces are fighting against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decadeslong conflict

Al Jazeera

Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma

The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a big blow to the Congolese army.

The Independent UK

ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan's West Darfur region

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months

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