Congo faces setback in mpox response after Rwanda-backed rebels advance in the east
Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma say they are struggling on ...
The Africa Report1d
Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
Residents in Goma struggling for basics
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...
Southern African forces to leave DR Congo as rebels gain ground
The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.
I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4d
M23 rebels advance as DRC gov’t offers $5m reward to capture rebel leaders
Meanwhile, authorities in the DRC have offered a $5m reward for help in arresting rebel leaders, as government forces struggle to contain their advance. “A reward of five million dollars is offered to ...
Anadolu Agency8d
US diplomat in DR Congo says M23 rebels 'must be held accountable' for hospital attacks, kidnappings
The recent kidnappings of patients from hospitals by the M23 once again demonstrate its disregard for peace in eastern DRC ...
Anadolu Agency1d
Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels to hold talks in Angola on March 18
Angolan President Joao Lourenco, the African Union’s peace mediator for the conflict in Congo, is pushing for direct talks ...
With U.S. Aid Cuts No Longer a Threat, Rwanda Bets Big on Soft Power
Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.
Monitor7d
M23 rebels now eating Uganda’s lunch in DR Congo
The fall of Goma and Bukavu towns to M23 rebels has complicated movement into the DRC, with businessmen saying the border ...
East Congo rebels abduct at least 130 hospital patients, UN says
M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of ...