#BBCNews - 'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj5gl25756o
#DRC #Goma #M23 #Rwanda
"This week, the M23 rebel group, which has claimed to have captured the city of Goma, called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire after clashes with government forces left nearly 3,000 people killed."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/africa/female-inmates-raped-killed-goma-jailbreak-intl/index.html
#BBCNews - Is Trump mulling a minerals deal with conflict-hit DR Congo?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjryjlndddpo
#DRC
New route for old exploitation
A US-backed infrastructure project [the Lobito Corridor] in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s just another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/new-route-for-old-exploitation
v reuters:
US open to minerals partnerships with Democratic Republic of Congo
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-open-minerals-partnerships-with-democratic-republic-congo-2025-03-09/?
#BBCNews - DR Congo accuses #Rwanda of faking genocide suspects video
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70e64yj0nzo
#DRC #FDLR #M23
#BBCNews - DR Congo conflict: 500 #mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgne2v4p12o
#DRC #Goma #Bukavu #M23 #Rwanda
#BBCNews - DR Congo conflict: 500 #mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgne2v4p12o
#DRC #Goma #Bukavu #M23 #Rwanda
And another story of life in a war zone: This time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a militia group called M23 has seized control of Goma, which borders Rwanda. It’s easier to cross the border now, but the banks in Goma have closed, and small-scale women traders are struggling. @thecontinent tells the full story.
https://continent.substack.com/p/selling-tomatoes-in-a-war-zone
Shortwave infrared... this community apparently is in the middle of the river. SWIR 1/26/25 Sentinel-2 #Boloko #DRC #RemoteImage
Hmm, let's see what Boloko, DRC looks like from space. Sentinel-2 on 1/26/2025 #RemoteImaging #DRC
#BBCNews - DR Congo war: Women tell BBC of rape ordeal at Goma's Munzenze prison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gn417300o
#DRC #Goma #M23 #Rwanda
Every life is worth fighting for!
#DegrowthTuesdayTeaBreak #DegrowthNow #BeyondGrowth
#DRC #Extractivism #FuckGDP #GrowthKills
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LGBT+ people in occupied eastern Congo must choose: Hide or flee
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #USAID #Congo #DRC
https://76crimes.com/2025/02/20/lgbt-people-in-occupied-bukavu-must-choose-hide-or-flee/
#BBCNews - Links to #Rwanda fuel discrimination against DR Congo's Tutsis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d5zqg3228o
#DRC #M23
Implementing agreements to secure the vast and rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would go further than vilifying Rwanda's Kagame. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/18/world/sanctions-on-rwanda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rwanda #drc #paulkagame #africa
#BBCNews - DR Congo conflict in #Goma - #M23 rebels leave families devastated in wake of advance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y98jjwx4no
#DRC #Rwanda
