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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...

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.

M23 rebels reaffirm ceasefire, urge DRC government to honour peace agreements
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 24, 2025

The rebel group also expressed gratitude to regional leaders and international partners for their continuous efforts in facilitating a political resol...

DRC army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
Reuters  |  Feb 21, 2025

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...

Threat of disease in DRC "multiplied" by conflict, WHO says
Reuters  |  Feb 09, 2025

Vaccination programmes were partially restored on February 5, after the M23 declared a ceasefire, however, the situation remains "tense and volatile",...

DR Congo President Tshisekedi attends EAC-SADC summit vitually
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 08, 2025

This comes just a day after Kinshasa sent its ambassador to Botswana and SADC to the foreign ministers' preparatory meeting.

Guterres urges de-escalation as regional leaders convene on eastern DRC conflict
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 07, 2025

UN reports indicate that Goma, the provincial capital, is effectively under siege, with exit routes blocked and its airport shut down indefinitely.

EAC to convene urgent meeting on DRC crisis as Goma risks falling to M23 rebels
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 27, 2025

Ruto revealed that he had spoken with both DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to defuse the situation.

DR Congo cuts ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates, peacekeepers killed
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

The United Nations said it had started temporarily relocating its non-essential staff from Goma due to the deteriorating security situation.

United Nations extends DR Congo peacekeeping mission for a year
Reuters  |  Dec 21, 2024

The renewal means nearly 11,000 peacekeepers will continue their deployment until at least December 2025.

Health official says mpox vaccine rollout in Congo slower than expected
Reuters  |  Oct 19, 2024

Congo's mpox vaccination campaign is a key step in efforts to contain the outbreak at its epicentre

Congo: Displaced people caught between conflict and crisis
DW News  |  Sep 27, 2024

In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival i...

UN Security Council authorises MONUSCO to support SADC mission in DRC
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 07, 2024

A potential regional conflict could see Rwanda fighting against a coalition led by South Africa, which includes the DRC, Malawi, and Tanzania. 

DRC ceasefire for humanitarian aid is a small step forward - what must happen next for peace
The Conversation  |  Jul 28, 2024

Given the dire humanitarian conditions of the displaced and local populations, the truce is a most welcome intervention.

Kampala denies supporting M23 rebels after DRC summoned Ugandan diplomat
Amina Wako  |  Jul 22, 2024

This denial came after Kinshasa summoned Uganda's Chargé d'Affaires, Matata Twaha Magara on Friday, July 19, to discuss the issue.

DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss
Reuters  |  Jul 17, 2024

In areas they control in North Kivu, armed actors from all sides are profiting off the production or trade in wooden planks, while illegal and uncontr...

Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 million children at risk of acute malnutrition
Reuters  |  Jul 12, 2024

The WHO has registered over 20,000 cases of cholera across the country so far this year and 60,000 cases of measles, with real numbers probably higher...

South Sudan's Kiir fears the Congo crisis might destabilise EAC
Vincent Ombati  |  Jul 10, 2024

"The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening regional peace and stability," warned Kiir in a statement posted on X by the South S...

US citizens in Congo coup attempt tell court they were forced to join
Reuters  |  Jul 05, 2024

Speaking for the first time since the trial began, Malanga's son, Marcel Malanga, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun told the court that the coup leader ha...

Surge in rebel attacks sparks deadly protests in eastern Congo
Reuters  |  Jun 15, 2024

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group, are alleged to have killed more than 40 people in an attack on Mayikengo village this week and over...

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