The New York Times24d
In Latest Advance, Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Key City
The city sits 20 miles from the border with Burundi ... The leaders of M23 have now vowed to march on Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa’s largest cities. The Congolese government ...
Reuters21d
Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
President claims army still control city Anxiety grips people in ... the airport and sending some staff across the Congo River to Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. Three ...
USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Rebels Take Another City in Mineral-Rich Congo
Rwandan-backed rebels have entered Bukavu, a major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Newsday21d
Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo
The rebels this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south ... M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province ...
Las Vegas Sun24d
Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east
Congo's government vowed to restore order in Bukavu, a city of 1.3 million people ... on to “go all the way to Kinshasa," Congo's capital, nearly 1,000 miles away. The M23 did not announce ...