President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo has announced plans to gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-plagued eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, located in Central Africa, has endured decades of conflict and instability despite being ...

The conflict’s most threatening possibility is the further regionalization and expansion of fighting in eastern Congo. ... Ituri, and South Kivu provinces. Since the beginning of 2024, ...

Peace remains elusive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where fighting still rages. A cease-fire deal between the government and M23 rebels has not been fully respected, worsening the ...

In Ituri, "what we are seeing is an upsurge," said Bintou Keita, head of the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO, which is due to pull out of Ituri and the rest of eastern Congo by 2024 ...

He is one of the 750,000 young Congolese whose schooling is currently disrupted by insecurity in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF ...

GOMA, Congo — Congo’s president said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east and lift some restrictions imposed more than two years ago.

According to the United Nations, the violence has displaced 5.7 million people across the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. ... This is an extremely complex conflict, ...

Ethnic conflict in the northeastern part of the ... a program of emergency relief at the end of May for 100,000 people forced to flee their homes in an area just south of Ituri, in North Kivu ...

A senior UN official says the humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked eastern Congo has deteriorated alarmingly in the past 18 months with 8 million people in urgent need of assistance and ...

The resurgence of violence in the region has displaced over 800,000 people since March last year, including towards the provinces of South Kivu and Ituri. The needs of vulnerable displaced populations ...

Thousands who are fleeing the ongoing conflict between government forces and M-23 rebels reach the entrance the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Goma Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.