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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...

Gunfire rang out across Goma as rebel group M23 marched into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city – in the worst escalation of a conflict lasting more than a decade.

When complete, the facility – nicknamed “Beijing Military City” – is expected to dwarf the Pentagon, the US defence headquarters, which is known as the world’s largest office block.

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Gunfire rang out across Goma as rebel group M23 marched into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city – in the worst escalation of a conflict lasting more than a decade. Before long ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo's president called for ...

Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma ... Goma is a major hub for people displaced by fighting elsewhere in eastern Congo and aid groups seeking to assist them.

GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Residents in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, were fleeing on Monday after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as ...