The Observer8h
Looting breaks out as rebels push toward major DRC city
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...
Zimbabwe11h
Chaos, looting break out as rebels push toward major DRC city
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...
Rebels in DR Congo advance on second major city as residents report looting
A rebel group has said it has advanced into Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
Briefly on MSN19h
Rebel M23 forces continue to enlarge territory as SANDF soldier fears for his life
M23 rebels have taken over Bukavu a few weeks after seizing control of Goma. Family members of an SANDF member say he is in ...
Congo rebels say they have entered Bukavu after seizing airport
The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the ...
Mongabay1d
The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...
climatechangenews.com1d
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 ...
UNHCR1d
UNHCR seeks urgent support as violence in eastern DR Congo leaves hundreds of thousands without shelter
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers the ...
RSF2d
DRC: RSF calls on authorities to shed light on the murder of journalist Patrick Adonis Numbi
Eight men have been sentenced to death for the murder of Congolese journalist Patrick Adonis Numbi, whose lifeless, mutilated ...
Human Rights Watch2d
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 ...
The Victoria Advocate3d
Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned ...