Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

Yesterday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their arrival into the second largest city in eastern Congo follows the fall of ...

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has firmly dismissed calls for South Africa to withdraw its soldiers from the ...

(Photo taken March 2023) Fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has impacted the lives of many ... has caused a major humanitarian crisis. While the fighting has subsided in Goma, ...

[Xinhua] A UN official in occupied Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said on Wednesday the city is in crisis as humanitarians fight the risk of epidemics while providing relief.

M23 rebels have made substantial gains in eastern DR Congo, taking the major city of Goma last week. The fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, saw deadly clashes and added to an ...

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 ...

Adding to the crisis, the 90-day suspension of US humanitarian ... links mean that increased transport costs could exacerbate hunger and economic hardship in the world’s most vulnerable nations.

Members of the Congolese Red Cross and the Civil Protection bury dozens of bodies in a cemetery in Goma, eastern DRC - Copyright AFP Jim WATSON Members of the ...

GOMA, DRC - Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, looked eerily ... The ...

Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) underscored that it is not just a humanitarian emergency but a development crisis jeopardizing progress toward the Sustainable ...

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday as a Rwanda-backed armed group advances in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 fighters ...