PBS1h
Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as thousands of residents flee city of Bukavu
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...
Why is war breaking out in the Congo?
The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...
Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze shutting down U.S. humanitarian aid and development worldwide.
The Guardian Nigeria7d
Rwandan and Congolese leaders meet over eastern DRC conflict
outside the Parliament Building in Cape Town on February 7, 2025, during a demonstration to air their grievances against the conflict in the East of Democratic Republic of Congo. South African flags ...
Channels TV7d
Rwandan, Congolese Leaders Meet Over Eastern DRC Conflict
Members of the Congolese Community in South Africa wave their national flags outside the Parliament Building in Cape Town on February 7, 2025, during a demonstration to air their grievances against ...
Crisis in Congo: Over 900 dead, nearly 2,900 injured in Goma as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels tighten grip
The World Health Organization said that at least 900 bodies were recovered from the streets of Goma as of last Friday ...
Daily Monitor14d
The tragedy of Congo
Early in the week, by many accounts, the so-called M23 rebels had effectively taken Goma, the biggest and most important city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lofty names can be ...
The Washington Post14d
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
KAMPALA, Uganda — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group’s ...
The Straits Times15d
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...
BBC15d
What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...
WATE 6 On Your Side15d
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called ...
Independent.ie15d
Fears of all-out war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels say they will take fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city said they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa. It comes as the DRC’s ...