M23 rebels advance into eastern DRC's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
The M23 rebels entered the city's Kazingu and Bagira zone and were advancing toward the center of the city of about 1.3 ...
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M23 commander who took part in seizure of Goma links FDLR to MONUSCO
Our tour of Goma airport earlier this week took much longer than I had anticipated. There was simply too much to see, too much dangerous stuff on the tarmac and other sections to navigate, and too ...
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 ...
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DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized a second airport in east Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo claimed Friday that they have seized a second airport in the region following a ...
The Lancet23h
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 ...
The Digital Courier1d
Sexual violence against children soars in DR Congo: UNICEF
Rape and other violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to unprecedented levels, the ...
Al Jazeera English1d
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
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 ...
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Joint Summit Sets Highly Practical Route Map for Sorting Out Eastern DRC [editorial]
The Summit on Saturday bringing together SADC and the East African Community (EAC) was immensely practical in agreeing to effective action to fix the problems in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...