DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.
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Fighting malaria in the DRC: the war against infectious diseases
Bryony Cottam meets a doctor dedicated to combating malaria and other deadly diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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SADC Heads of State want DRC war ended
Heads of State and government have strongly condemned escalating hostilities in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Elias Magosi, the SADC executive secretary, said at a briefing ...
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400,000 displaced this year as conflict rages in DRC's volatile east
Since peace talks failed, M23 fighters backed by Rwandan troops have gained swathes of territory in east DRC in recent weeks, triggering a humanitarian crisis and ringing the provincial capital ...