But in Africa, its efforts to exert influence have been plagued by missteps over the past decade. In Democratic Republic of Congo this ... was bureau chief for West & Central Africa.

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee ...

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Congo’s security forces ... the Charité Maternelle Hospital in central Goma, “killing and injuring civilians, including newborns and pregnant women.” “What is unfolding in Goma is coming ...

GOMA, Congo (AP ... struck the Charité Maternelle Hospital in central Goma, “killing and injuring civilians, including newborns and pregnant women,” Lemarquis said on Monday, describing ...

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GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding ... s call on Thursday for a mass military mobilization. The central African nation’s military has been weakened after it lost hundreds ...

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The central African nation ... in eastern Congo. The rebels said they will march all the way to Congo’s capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) to the west. UN spokesman Stephane ...

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