Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo’s 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...
Democratic Republic of Congo: What's happening and why are M23 rebels fighting?
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...
The Lancet1d
Humanitarian and health-care crises in eastern DR Congo
An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...
Human Rights Watch1d
African Union Needs to Act Now on Eastern DR Congo
As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...
allAfrica.com on MSN1d
Events in the DRC Show a New Realpolitik Is Emerging in Africa - One That Is Fraught With Danger [analysis]
Apart from the heavy human cost, the return of hybrid warfare to the Democratic Republic of the Congo risks stability on the continent.The fall of Goma to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in late January ...
La Croix2d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...
Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance
Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
110,000 people are stranded in eastern Congo as rebels are accused of forced return
The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...
The Africa Report3d
DRC conflict: How far, and fast, can M23 go to capture Buvaku?
The rebel M23 group has threatened to take over the capital of South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo following its ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...
South Africa's military reinforces beleaguered Congo mission
South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...