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In Congo, M23 rebels' latest fight is to revive the economy
STORY: In Congo - the M23 rebels now face a mundane but daunting new task: governing.They've defeated Congo's army to take ...
The US says Congo and Rwanda submit a draft peace proposal
A U.S. official says Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end ...
Legal weed will be allowed in Wilmington. City finally approves where businesses can open
Wilmington City Council approved the Mayor John Carney-led official zoning for marijuana businesses in the city.
A street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert are all considered front-runners to be next pope
Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...
South Africa says its peacekeeping troops are withdrawing from rebel-held eastern Congo
The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo.
Congo seeks to lift former President Kabila’s immunity over war crimes allegations
Congo's justice minister says that authorities have asked the country’s Senate to lift the immunity of former President ...
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Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it.
As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...
Red Cross escorts hundreds of stranded Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital
M23 is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a ...
ICRC escorts Congo troops from UN base in rebel-held Goma to Kinshasa
Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma since the eastern city's capture in January are being transferred to Kinshasa, the International ...