As conflict continues to escalate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Catholic Church in Angola has signaled its ...
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend crisis talks with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame on Wednesday, state media said, as M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops appeared ...
But Goma, with its population size ... but since the collapse of peace talks in Angola last year, they had been preparing. M23 is the latest in a string of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgencies that ...
Angola’s President Joao Lourenco demanded the immediate withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congolese territory on Wednesday amid fighting with the M23 rebels in Goma. Lourenco, who is the African ...
Supported by between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to the United Nations, Congolese rebels managed to enter the ...
Angolan President João Lourenço on Tuesday hosted his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in the latest discussions on ...
Map: The Economist Goma is more than 1,500km ... In December diplomatic talks led by Angola and backed by America ended in failure. Rwanda says this is because Congo would not talk to M23.
The United States sanctioned a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel leader over recent fighting in the Congo.
The M23 briefly occupied Goma at the end of 2012 and was defeated by Congolese ... A ceasefire in August failed to keep the peace and Angola-mediated talks were abruptly cancelled last month. Discover ...
In a press release, the Presidency of the Republic of Angola points out that the action ... of the operation of the airport in the city of Goma in safe conditions'. The stabilization of the ...
The rebels captured Goma, a city of 2 million people ... as well as neighbouring countries like Angola. However, previous ceasefires have also been violated by both sides. And the stakes are ...