DRC conflict Stories
Kagame also questioned the effectiveness of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, stating it had failed to resolve the security...
This follows reports that over 170 death row inmates have been transferred to Angenga prison for execution.
Head of M23’s political wing Bertrand Bisimwa, termed the group’s efforts as an “existential war” to protect Congolese Tutsis, who he claims have long...
Some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to UN experts and hum...
The move dashes hopes of a deal to curb Congo's M23 rebel conflict that has displaced more than 1.9 million people.
Retired military officers from Europe protect the DRC capital of North Kivu from falling to Rwandan-backed rebels. The job is well paid but soldiers m...
The leaders are expected to receive an update on the progress of the SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), which was deployed on December 15, 2023, for a...
Observers say Rwanda wants to exert influence over the vast eastern DRC region for economic and security reasons.
"I must confess, President Ruto is supporting Rwanda, and I won't say anything more about that," Tshisekedi said during a DRC session hosted by the Br...
The DRC’s military spending had the highest increase in the world in 2023. Its US$794 million spending was 105 per cent higher than in 2022.
A military tribunal was set up in Alimbongo on Wednesday to try them and the magistrate sentenced 25 to death for theft, fleeing the enemy, and violat...
The decision came after members of the Zaire and CODECO armed groups clashed at a mining site about 40 kilometres from Bunia in Ituri Province, North...
Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson for the Congolese army, stated at a press briefing that the attempted coup was swiftly neutralized by d...
The humanitarian efforts are severely hampered by funding shortages according to the statement, with only 16 per cent of the required $2.6 billion for...
The fighting, in a war that has lasted decades, has increased the risk of an all-out conflict between the DRC and Rwanda, that could suck in neighbour...
The surge of violence in and around Drodro has triggered a mass exodus from the area, with thousands of people seeking refuge at Rho camp for displace...
Both the DRC and Burundi accuse Rwanda of supporting the M23 and Red Tabara rebels who have been wreaking havoc in the two countries.
The council discussed the military intervention being carried out by SADC forces, led by South Africa.
Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame, has in the past denied accusations of supporting the RED-Tabara and the M23 rebels.
The Polish leader visited Rwanda for a state visit in early February where he declared that Warsaw would provide defence support to Kigali in the even...
