Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed to Avert a Regional War

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While the M23 armed group carried out a meteoric offensive in the city of Goma, the Congolese head of state who addressed his nation on Wednesday evening, January 29, denounced the “inaction” of the of the international community.

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The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi, who has not spoken since the beginning of the crisis in Goma, will address the nation on Wednesday, announced at the mid-day the national television (RTNC). ...

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The crisis meeting that was supposed to bring together the President of the DRC and Paul Kagame was originally scheduled for the day, at the initiative of Kenya, after the M23 rebels and the Rwandan army took control of almost all of the city of Goma.

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Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed to Avert a Regional War

The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war. African mediators with the concerted backing of external partners should move with speed to prevent more fighting.

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During an address broadcast live on Wednesday evening, Félix Tshisekedi announced “a vigorous and coordinated response” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He condemned the “inaction” and the “silence” of the international communityThe President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Félix Tshisekedi assured Wednesday evening that “a vigorous response” was under way in the east of the country and warned of a risk of regional “esc…

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Kenya’s President Ruto calls emergency regional summit over DRC

Kenyan President William Ruto, chair of the East African Community Heads of State Summit, has called for an emergency meeting to discuss the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Bram Verelst, a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Security Studies, a Pan African think tank headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa, tells VOA’s James Butty, the Luanda peace initiative hosted by African Union mediator and Angolan President Joao Lour…