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Congolese President Skips Crisis Meeting With Rwanda

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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at violent clashes between the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s military and Rwandan-backed rebels, U.S. diplomatic efforts in Israel and Gaza, and a deadly stampede during India’s Maha Kumbh festival.

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi skipped a virtual crisis summit with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and other regional leaders on Wednesday—a summit meant to address ongoing fighting in the eastern Congolese provincial capital of Goma. Instead, Tshisekedi addressed the nation for the first time since insurgency groups seized the city on Monday.

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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi skipped a virtual crisis summit with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and other regional leaders on Wednesday—a summit meant to address ongoing fighting in the eastern Congolese provincial capital of Goma. Instead, Tshisekedi addressed the nation for the first time since insurgency groups seized the city on Monday.

Over the past three days, the Congo River Alliance, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has captured large swaths of the city, including Goma International Airport. Locals have accused the insurgency of looting property; targeting health workers; and disrupting essential services, such as water, electricity, and internet. Also on Tuesday, protesters in the capital city of Kinshasa attacked at least 10 embassies, targeting the missions of Western and African countries that protesters view as being complicit in Rwanda’s support for the M-23 rebels.

Fighting between Congolese forces and the rebel alliance has also killed more than 100 people, injured nearly 1,000 others, and displaced some 300,000........

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