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 ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

The UN said at least 900 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in recent fighting in and around Goma, DR Congo's largest eastern city, after it was seized by rebels. The G7 nations and the EU have ...

A UN expert report last July said Rwanda had around 4,000 troops in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing Kigali ... They carried Congolese flags and banners calling for an end ...

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Health Organisation and its partners conducted an assessment with DR Congo’s government between Jan. 26-30 “and report that 700 people have been ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader ... They carried Congolese flags and banners calling for an end to the war or saying "Our resources, our ...

The Romanians were contracted to help the army fight the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they are fighting to protect the rights of DR Congo's minority ethnic Tutsis. When the offensive on Goma ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has insisted that his troops are mounting a “vigorous” response to Rwanda-backed fighters advancing in the country’s perennially ...

Kenya meanwhile has announced a crisis summit on Wednesday to be attended by DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame. The M23 briefly occupied Goma at the end ...

On Tuesday, the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Rwanda's President Paul Kagame to ensure an immediate ceasefire in DR Congo. Kagame said in a post on X that they agreed on the need for ...

would have been like a red flag to a bull for Rwanda. The M23's origins are tied to these tensions - it is the latest incarnation of a rebel group that says it is fighting for the interests of the ...

There are currently hundreds of people in hospital, most admitted with gunshot wounds,” said Adelheid Marschang, WHO’s emergency response coordinator for the DR Congo. open image in gallery ...