Angola said it had evacuated 18 members of the MVAR and eight of the MCVA/CIRGL, plus four DRC nationals and two from the Republic of Congo. Read: Rebels enter centre of Congo’s Goma after ...
As conflict continues to escalate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Catholic Church in Angola has signaled its ...
Angola is still the mediator designated by the African Union for the conflict in the east of the DRC. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans Angolan President João Lourenço on Tuesday hosted ...
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...
Angola’s President Joao Lourenco demanded the immediate withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congolese territory on Wednesday amid fighting with the M23 rebels in Goma. Lourenco, who is the African ...
Supported by between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to the United Nations, Congolese rebels managed to enter the ...
"The capture of Minova isolates Goma a little more and opens the way ... But he said efforts by Angola to mediate a lasting ceasefire and de-escalate tensions between Congo and Rwanda were at ...
A ceasefire in August failed to keep the peace and Angola-mediated talks were abruptly cancelled last month. The M23 briefly occupied Goma at the end of 2012 and was defeated by Congolese forces and ...
Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe fought alongside Congolese troops in a five-year regional war that killed more than three million people. Image A United Nations vehicle in Goma, which was under M23 ...
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend crisis talks with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame on ...
Since Angola-led peace talks failed late last year ... particularly around the town of Goma, now under siege". Lourenco "strongly condemns and repudiates these irresponsible actions by the ...