The rebels swept through large chunks of eastern DRC, claiming a revolution, before entering Goma – the capital of North Kivu province – in January 2025, seizing the city from the Congolese army and ...

MORE than a year after M23 militants stormed into Goma, the rebel group still controls the main city in eastern Congo and is ...

Security has improved in some areas too. Residents say the so-called "40 thieves" phenomenon - named after the folktale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - that plagued Goma with night-time house ...

The M23 militia has tried to assert itself as the government in and around Goma. It is failing badly.

EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib visited Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a regional tour urging respect ...

Illegal mining is a widespread issue in Nigeria, where operations lack both government oversight and safety protocols.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing a significant increase in acts of sexual violence against girls and young women. A ...

Their rising importance was confirmed in early February when the Rwanda-backed M23 militia claimed a brazen drone strike on ...