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dailymail.co.uk: A government soldier carries his weapon in Kibati, just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Tutsi rebels have overrun a government army base, advancing despite their leader's pledge to respect a ceasefire dailymail.co.uk

Congo replaces army chief after defeats by rebels

reuters.com
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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese President Joseph Kabila has replaced the head of his armed forces, a move aimed at bolstering their fighting capacity after a string of defeats during weeks of battles against eastern rebels,...

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British minister in DRC amid fresh fighting reports

xinhuanet.com
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KINSHASA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- British Minister of State for Africa, Lord Mark Malloch Brown, was in the clash-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on a three-day peace mission, amid reports of fresh fighting between the...

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Congo troops in disarray, armed forces chief sacked

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LUOFU, Congo (Reuters) - Demoralized Congolese government troops, retreating before eastern rebels, clashed on Tuesday with their own local militia allies who tried to make them stand and fight after the armed forces chief was...

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DR Congo army feared, not fearless

terradaily.com
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Kinshasa (AFP) Nov 14, 2008 - The Congolese army, whose incompetence has been rudely exposed by a string of reverses at the hands of a renegade general, is a hotchpotch of badly-paid troops seen as both corrupt and...

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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Special Envoy Leaves for DRC

allafrica.com
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The special envoy of the United Nations to the democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), Olesegun Obasanjo, left the Angolan capital (Luanda) this Friday afternoon for Kinshasa, confident in a peaceful solution to the crisis in that...

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DR Congo: dynamic of conflict, Gérard Prunier

opendemocracy.net
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Since August 2008 the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has grown progressively worse in ways that seem hard to understand. Gérard Prunier is research professor at the University of Paris. He is...

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Congo refugees call for UK judges to show mercy

independent.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

The fate of up to 5,000 failed asylum-seekers is resting on a High Court decision this week High Court judges are set to decide the fate of thousands of asylum-seekers living in the UK this week as they consider whether the...

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Olesanjo meets with Nkunda to end DRC disaster

euronews.net
15-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo is pitching into the turmoil in the Democratic Republic of Congo, heading a UN mission to the east of the vast country. He is meeting with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda in a bid to end...

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Rwanda: DRC And Rwanda to Resume Diplomatic Relations

allafrica.com
15-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Posted to the web 15 November 2008 George Kagame Nyarugenge The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are set to resume diplomatic relations nearly a decade after they parted ways. "We have undertaken action to...

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UN feeds Congolese refugees amid urgent peace talks

radionz.co.nz
15-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Updated at 10:30pm on 15 November 2008 Aid workers in eastern Congo have begun feeding tens of thousands of hungry refugees in rebel-held areas as a United Nations-appointed envoy starts urgent talks aimed at averting a wider...

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