The U.S. Treasury Department, which implemented the financial sanctions, identified James Kabarebe, Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration, as the target
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Tensions are mounting in the capital as the military struggles to resist the M23 offensive
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The withdrawal comes as the U.N. human rights office accuses M23 of executing children in Bukavu
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The army’s decision to abandon Bukavu—Congo’s second-largest eastern city after Goma—marks another major setback in the military’s struggle against the M23 insurgency
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Government and army officials have yet to comment on the developments
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The M23’s offensive has intensified since seizing Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, late last month
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The rebels, who captured Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, at the end of January, are advancing toward Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province
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Doctors Without Borders head in Goma stresses that returns must be voluntary and areas of origin must be secure
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The attack targeted several villages in Djugu territory, Ituri province, late Monday
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The UN says Trump’s foreign aid freeze is severely impacting relief operations in DR Congo, a country where millions depend on humanitarian support.
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