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Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, diplomatic and security sources say

28 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the AFC rebel alliance that also includes M23, told Reuters that the airport was in their hands. A spokesperson for Congo’s government was not …

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Goma hospitals overwhelmed with wounded, dead bodies in the streets, UN agencies say

28 Jan 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Dead bodies were scattered in the streets of Goma and hospitals were overwhelmed with patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, a day after Rwanda-backed rebels marched into the biggest city in eastern Congo, U.N. and other aid agencies said on Tuesday. The M23 rebels entered Goma on Monday in a …

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Four more South African soldiers killed in Congo, defence department says

28 Jan 2025

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, taking the number of South African peacekeepers killed to 13 since the conflict escalated last week. South African troops are in Congo as part of U.N. and Southern African missions. …

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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo’s Goma in major escalation

28 Jan 2025

By Arlette Bashizi, Djaffar Al-Katanty, Yassin Kombi and Stanis Bujakera GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday, and the U.N. said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade. A …

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US opens probe into sudden movement on United Airlines flight from Nigeria

28 Jan 2025

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew. The NTSB said the incident on United Flight 613 occurred as …

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After whirlwind gains, Sudanese military leaders hail ‘turning point’

27 Jan 2025

By Eltayeb Siddig KHARTOUM (Reuters) – After a week of whirlwind gains for the Sudanese army and allies in the capital Khartoum, leaders hailed a turning point in the civil war, speaking to reporters from inside the army’s main headquarters that had been besieged since April 2023. The recapture of the al-Jaili refinery in northern …

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Fighting ongoing across DRC’s Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN

27 Jan 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and “is still very much ongoing … it’s not over yet,” senior U.N. official in Congo, Bruno Lemarquis, said on Monday after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claimed to have control of Goma. “Active zones of combat have spread …

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At least 22 Nigerian soldiers killed as insurgents counter military assault

27 Jan 2025

ABUJA (Reuters) -At least 22 soldiers have been killed and several wounded in Nigeria’s northeast after insurgents deployed improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers to ward off attacks by the military, the army spokesperson Edward Buba said. The Nigerian military said late on Sunday that it had launched an assault 10 days ago against insurgents …

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EU ministers agree to revive Rafah border mission

27 Jan 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday. Kallas said there was broad agreement that the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) could play “a decisive role in supporting the ceasefire.” “Today, …

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