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The French-drafted U.N. resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu" and demands that M23...
Several areas in northwest Burundi are overwhelmed with people, some of whom have been displaced several times and have arrived injured or with health...
Fighting with the M23 has continued outside the town, in the southern part of the wider Lubero territory, for the past 72 hours, Congolese army spokes...
Rwanda argued that punitive measures would not help resolve the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda also criticised the UK’s stance on the conflict, urging it to support the African Union-backed East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa...
Residents and officials described scenes of looting, bodies lying in the street, and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanga...
Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there, but more recently, to aid in the fight against M23...
Three Congolese military sources said the decision to retreat was made to avoid the bloodshed that accompanied the fall of Goma, eastern Congo's large...
She also voiced concern for journalists, human rights defenders and members of civil society organisations who are seeking protection from reprisals b...
A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...
M23 said its forces moved in to "assist the population" after the city was "abandoned by Kinshasa's coalition forces."
Guterres was speaking on the first day of the annual meeting of the regional organisation, held at African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Eyewitnesses said they reached Bukavu's northern suburb Bagira on Friday evening but did not enter the city centre.
M23 rebels have been pushing south towards Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern DRC, since they seized Goma, the largest city, at the end of las...
Rwanda rejects accusations that its troops are directly supporting M23 rebels and insists it is acting in defence of its own security, especially in t...
For the 2025 elections, Eastern Africa has nominated candidates for chairperson, while Northern Africa has put forward candidates for deputy chairpers...
The Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and that Congolese troops had pulled back with th...
African Union analyst Emmanuel Bensah told DW from Accra, Ghana, that it is crucial that African leaders attending the summit in Addis present concret...
