AU welcomes Doha talks between DR Congo and Rwanda leaders | News
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, met in Doha on Tuesday.The African Union (AU) has welcomed talks in the Qatari capital,…
DR Congo Army Halts Latest M23 Advances to Capture More Towns
The Democratic Republic of Congo army and its Wazalendo allies have stopped the M23 rebels and the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) from attacking the country’s…
DR Congo and M23 rebels confirm participation in Angola peace talks | Conflict News
Talks, which DRC previously rejected, will seek to resolve the spiralling conflict in the east of the country.The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, as well as…
Congo Army Accused of Maltreating Local Civilians, Escalating Violence
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) soldiers have been accused of exacerbating the growing insecurity in Opienge, Bafwasende territory, forcing approximately 80 per cent…
Over One Million Children Denied Access to Education As DR Congo Strives to Reclaim Captured Towns
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) army has announced the recapture of five strongholds of the Mobondo militia in Grand Bandundu. The areas are…
Congolese Children More Prone to Dying From Water-Borne Diseases Than From Violence, UNICEF Says
Children living in the war-torn areas of the Democratic Republic Congo (DR Congo) have three times more risk of dying from water diseases than from…
M23 Rebels Abduct 130 Hospital Patients in DR Congo
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the Goma city of the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Recruitment of Child Soldiers, Sexual Violence Persist Amid Ongoing War in DR Congo
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it is preoccupied by the intensification of violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic…
Blasts, gunfire kill several at M23 rally in eastern DR Congo | Conflict News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rebel commander Corneille Nangaa says he is unharmed as video shows dead, wounded people in Bakavu.Explosions have rocked a major city in…
Deadly Armed Group Joins M23 Rebels to Capture More Areas in DR Congo
The Twirwaneho, a deadly militant group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), has formed an official coalition with the M23 rebels following the…
Rwanda slams UK sanctions over DR Congo violence | Conflict News
Kigali condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’.Rwanda has said international sanctions will reduce the likelihood of peace with…
What can stop M23 advance in Democratic Republic of the Congo? | Conflict News
Fighting is intensifying in the east of the country as diplomacy appears to fail.Anxiety is growing in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of…
Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Accused of Executing Children in DR Congo
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are allegedly executing children and committing atrocities, causing massive displacement of persons from Bukavu, a town in the Democratic Republic of…
26 Corpses Found After M23 Rebels Captured Bukavu in DR Congo
Amid calls for a ceasefire, the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) captured Bukavu town on Feb. 16, weeks after taking…
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture key city in Democratic Republic of Congo
People head out onto Kivu Lake with their belongings from the Bulengo camp for displaced people near Goma, Democratic Rebuplic of Congo, on Tuesday after…
Britain Calls for Immediate Ceasefire as M23 Captures Bukavu in DR Congo
The security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) continues to deteriorate following the Rwanda-backed M23’s capture of Bukavu, the provincial capital…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels reach centre of Bukavu in DR Congo | Military
NewsFeedM23 rebel fighters have advanced into the centre of Bukavu, South Kivu’s capital, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sparking mixed scenes of panic…
‘Over the precipice’: UN chief sounds alarm on DR Congo fighting | News
Antonio Guterres says a ‘regional escalation must be avoided at all costs’ as Rwanda-backed M23 forces gain ground in Democratic Republic of the Congo.UN chief…
Congo’s Government Implores African Blocs to End Violence in Goma
On Saturday, Feb. 8, the joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) took place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.…
Humanitarian Crisis Persists in DR Congo As Calm Returns to Goma
As calm returns to North Kivu, the provincial capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian conditions remain critical for thousands of displaced…