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Rwanda-backed rebels kill 80 in eastern Congo amid peace talks
The Morning Standard
|August 10, 2025
RWANDA-backed rebels have killed at least 80 people in eastern Congo in recent weeks, Congolese authorities said, despite the ongoing Qatar-led peace process aiming to end the conflict.
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A decades-long conflict ravaging eastern Democratic Republic of Congo escalated earlier this year when the M23 rebel group seized two key cities with the help of neighboring Rwandan forces. Congo has long been wracked by deadly conflict in its mineral-rich east, with more than 100 armed groups active.
This story is from the August 10, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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