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…
NewsFeedThis month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up the continent to “own” it themselves. Al Jazeera’s Shola Lawal explains how…
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…
Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead.More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in…
In 2015, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, guards shot and killed an Indigenous boy searching for herbs with his father. This tragedy spotlights…
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…
NewsFeedAfter weeks of clashes in Bukavu between armed groups including the M23 Rebels, the remains of some of the victims have been buried. Red Cross…
Rwanda is facing international backlash for backing M23 rebels in DR Congo, an accusation it denies.The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on…
The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after taking two key cities, the United…
Volker Turk says his office has ‘confirmed’ cases of rebels killing and recruiting children in eastern DRC.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on…
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels pledge to restore security in Bukavu as an escalation in fighting fans fears of an all-out regional war.Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic…
Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have tightened their grip on Bukavu, the second major city to fall under M23 control…
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…
Local officials and witnesses report seeing rebels enter the eastern DRC’s second largest city after a rapid advance.Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest…
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…
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference in efforts to rally international supportThe Rwanda-backed M23 fighters claim to have taken…
UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.Scores of children caught up…
The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull in fighting. Rebel fighters struck at…
Today on The Stream: We examine how negative global perceptions of the African continent affect its economies and the lives of its people.Research conducted by…
The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced large numbers.A…