What is happening now? After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have entered Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.

Explainer: The foiled coup in DR Congo: Here's what to know. By Reuters. May 21, 2024 4:19 PM UTC Updated May 21, 2024 ... They hoist the flag of Zaire, Congo's former name. One shouts: ...

The Congo Free State later became Belgian Congo; upon gaining flag independence, it was named Congo Léopoldville, then Congo Kinshasa, then Zaire, and now, thanks to Laurent Kabila, the ...

Now, Save the Children says ... Two staff members at Kenya’s embassy in DR Congo’s ... Protesters also targeted the Ugandan embassy and burnt the flag of the East African Community. Share.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Congo rules out election re-run as observers flag irregularities. By Ange Adihe Kasongo. December 29, 2023 1:34 AM UTC Updated December 29, 2023 ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace deal in Washington aimed at ending decades of devastating ...

The M23 originally emerged claiming to defend the long-marginalised Tutsi minority in Congo. “They are trying to dismantle the traditional systems of land management controlled by local ...

Its country director for DR Congo, Rose Tchwenko, told CNN in a statement that Goma, which she described as a “lifeline of humanitarian operations across eastern DRC” was now “perilously ...

The game ends without DR Congo really landing a punch. As we get ready to leave Belle Congolaise, it’s all too much for one supporter, who sits at his table sobbing into his flag.

In total nearly 400,000 people now live in camps for displaced persons - a huge number, often overshadowed by the even more numerous people forced from their homes by other conflicts in DR Congo.

DR Congo is potentially one of the richest countries on earth, but colonialism, slavery and corruption have turned it into one of the poorest, writes historian Dan Snow.