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            <title><![CDATA[Over 100,000 Flee Eastern Congo Amid Escalating Violence]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The violence in eastern Congo-Kinshasa has forced over 100,000 inhabitants to flee to neighboring countries, reports the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:46:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Militia reportedly takes over million city]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The militia M23 and Rwandan soldiers have taken control of Bukavu in eastern Congo-Kinshasa, according to humanitarian sources and residents of the city. Unicef warns of widespread sexual violence against children during the offensive.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Rebel Offensive Launched in Congo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The rebel group M23 is reported to have launched a new offensive in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fighting is ongoing in the Ihusi area in South Kivu, according to local sources.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:48:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hundreds dead as rebels advance]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The UN warns of executions and sexual violence as the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 advances in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the city of Goma alone, several hundred people have been killed in the past week.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:27:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UN meets on growing crisis in eastern Congo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of the Congo breaks off its diplomatic relations with Rwanda as a direct consequence of a new offensive from the rebel force M23, which is said to have close ties with Rwanda. The UN Secretary-General urges Rwanda to completely withdraw from the neighboring country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo accuses Rwanda of "declaration of war"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses neighboring country Rwanda of having declared war. The accusation comes at a meeting in the UN Security Council and after Kinshasa broke off diplomatic relations with Kigali. The rebel movement M23, supported by Rwanda, is besieging the million-city Goma.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:05:59 GMT</pubDate>
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