DRC conflict Stories

Convicted war criminal Lubanga announces new rebel group in east Congo
Reuters  |  Apr 01, 2025

The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga comes as Congo's army faces an unprecedented advance by M23 rebels...

MSF warns of renewed violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 25, 2025

The medical humanitarian organisation called on all state and non-state armed groups in Ituri to spare civilians as well as healthcare facilities, whi...

Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, claims President Ndayishimiye
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 25, 2025

The head of state also claimed that Rwanda led by President Paul Kagame had tried to organise a coup 10 years ago in Burundi, comparing it to the cris...

Joint EAC-SADC summit appoints expanded peace panel for DRC crisis
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 25, 2025

The expanded panel will support former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in navigating the complex and volatile conflict that has triggered a severe hum...

Congo M23 rebels to reposition forces from seized town, rebel alliance says
Reuters  |  Mar 22, 2025

Walikale is the farthest west the rebels have reached in an advance that has already overrun eastern Congo's two largest cities since January.

Uganda military says it killed 242 rebels in east Congo this week
Reuters  |  Mar 22, 2025

Uganda military spokesperson Chris Magezi said hundreds of CODECO fighters attacked a Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) military post in the Congo...

Angola 'surprised' by Kagame-Tshisekedi meeting in Doha amid M23 peace efforts
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 21, 2025

The Angolan Government says the meeting was not part of the agreed peace mediation agenda.

DR Congo President Tshisekedi meets US lawmaker amid talk of mineral deal
Reuters  |  Mar 17, 2025

Tshisekedi faces an insurgency by M23 rebels in east DR Congo and his government plans to send a delegation to peace talks in Angola on Tuesday.

DR Congo says it will join peace talks with M23 rebels in Angola on Tuesday
Reuters  |  Mar 16, 2025

President Felix Tshisekedi, who has long ruled out dialogue with M23, had been considering changing his position after a string of defeats.

Rwanda and Burundi in talks to reduce regional tensions from DRC conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 15, 2025

Tensions escalated when Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye accused Rwanda of supporting a December 2023 attack by RED-Tabara

Congo ex-president Kabila's allies to be questioned by military prosecutor
Reuters  |  Mar 10, 2025

President Felix Tshisekedi has recently accused him of sponsoring the M23 rebels who have seized east Congo's two biggest cities since January.

Schools shut in DR Congo’s North Kivu as conflict disrupts learning for 375,000 children
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 08, 2025

A report from the DRC Education Cluster, which includes Save the Children on Friday, reveals that school attendance has plummeted due to intensified f...

Rwanda genocide survivors’ group warns of ethnic cleansing against Tutsi in eastern DRC
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 04, 2025

Human rights organisations have reported increasing instances of hate speech and incitement against Tutsi communities, particularly in regions affecte...

Rwanda-Canada rift deepens over eastern DR Congo conflict
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 04, 2025

Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed Canada's stance as "shameful", accusing it of selective outrage and ignoring DRC government-backed huma...

East Congo rebels abduct at least 130 hospital patients, UN says
Reuters  |  Mar 04, 2025

M23 fighters raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital during the night of February 28, taking 116 and 15 patients respectively.

Several killed as gunfire, blasts rock Congo rebel rally, residents say
Reuters  |  Feb 27, 2025

People ran through the streets, some bleeding and carrying limp bodies, video showed. Residents said they saw dead bodies, but there was no immediate...

Rwanda sanctions will undermine push for Congo peace talks, proscribed minister says
Reuters  |  Feb 26, 2025

Last Thursday, the United States Treasury imposed sanctions on Kabarebe for his alleged role as a government liaison to the M23.

EAC, SADC call for immediate ceasefire in eastern DRC amid escalating crisis
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 25, 2025

The defence experts warned that the situation in eastern DRC has deteriorated drastically since the Joint EAC-SADC Summit on February 8, 2025.

Uhuru appointed to co-facilitate merged Nairobi-Luanda peace processes on DRC conflict
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 24, 2025

The other facilitators are Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

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