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M23 rebels withdraw from peace talks with Congo, citing international sanctions

By Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

Congo's government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, a spokesperson said Monday.

Water contamination suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness, WHO says

By Associated Press

Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health Organization said Friday. But the agency said it's too early for any…

At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders’ rally, rebels say

By Janvier Barhahiga, Associated Press

At least 11 people have been killed and scores injured in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu where explosions struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group that took control of the city earlier this month.

An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo. Here’s what we do know

By Chinedu Asadu, Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

The outbreaks in two distant villages in Congo's Equateur province began on Jan. 21 and include 419 cases and 53 deaths.

Mystery illness has killed more than 50 people in Congo

By Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks.

UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing children, attacking hospitals

By Wilson McMakin, Associated Press

U.N. agencies have previously accused both Congolese government forces and the rebels of recruiting children.

Congo says M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have taken a 2nd major eastern city

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and pledged to clean up after the “old regime.”…

Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as thousands of residents flee city of Bukavu

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Sam Metz, Associated Press

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents and soldiers fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Rwanda-backed rebels declare unilateral ceasefire but still control the major Congo city they seized

By Associated Press

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian grounds.

Hospitals in eastern Congo exhausting supplies as they are crowded with wounded amid rebel offensive

By Vivien Latour, Associated Press

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the major city in eastern Congo last week.