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Gunfire crackles in Congo's Goma, embassies attacked in capital
Reuters ^ | 1/28/25

Posted on 01/28/2025 6:59:03 AM PST by EBH

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city Goma where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance on Tuesday from army and pro-government militias.

A day after the rebels marched into the lakeside city, protesters in the capital attacked a U.N. compound and embassies including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing anger at what they said was foreign interference.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War
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Dec 4, 2024 — Biden, Jr. met today with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

What did he do now?

1 posted on 01/28/2025 6:59:03 AM PST by EBH
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To: EBH

Now we know what Victoria has been up to.


2 posted on 01/28/2025 7:02:25 AM PST by BobL
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To: EBH

Africa wins again.


3 posted on 01/28/2025 7:03:20 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BobL

Tribal members being tribal.


4 posted on 01/28/2025 7:03:27 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: EBH

You knew the Congo was way too quiet.


5 posted on 01/28/2025 7:19:55 AM PST by samadams2000
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

part of the ongoing Tutsi-Hutu feud.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23_Movement


6 posted on 01/28/2025 7:28:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: EBH

They’ve had tribal wars forever but junior probably went there to make a mineral wealth deal.


7 posted on 01/28/2025 7:54:56 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: samadams2000

There’s been trouble in the Congo since I was born. Tribes war on each other. Its a thing. Its never going to stop. We just need to leave them all alone as they kill each other with great abandonment.


8 posted on 01/28/2025 8:06:02 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo!”


9 posted on 01/28/2025 8:08:36 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yup. Even mercenary’s won’t work there anymore.


10 posted on 01/28/2025 8:11:41 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: EBH

A long history of tribal/political blood letting in
the Congo w/many players/countries involved:

https://worldhistoryedu.com/congo-crisis-of-1960-1965-history-causes-effects/

I wonder if there are some old CIA files on what really happened to Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane? ;^)


11 posted on 01/28/2025 9:15:13 AM PST by Ozymandias Ghost
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