Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country's top UN humanitarian official has told UN News that increasing "complexity and ...

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi will participate in an African Union summit this weekend but will not attend a meeting on the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the president’s ...

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

The external influences at play in eastern DRC are a direct result of the DRC’s failure in governance, further exacerbated by ...

The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of ...

An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war ...

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, the Coordinator of Congo River Alliance-AFC, a coalition of the March ...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as ...