Global Voices1d
DRC: The forgotten victims of the conflict in Goma
In Goma, families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will ...
Congo and Rwanda Called for a Cease-Fire in Their Deadly Conflict. What Now?
After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ...
Council on Foreign Relations8h
The President’s Inbox Recap: Conflict in Eastern Congo
The resurgence of Rwanda-backed insurgents in eastern Congo has reignited a decades-old conflict over ethnic rivalries, ...
Jurist9h
Human rights group condemns M23 rebels’ human rights abuses in DRC
Amnesty International raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the ongoing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the Rwandan-backed rebel group, M23, captured the city of ...
'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
New Vision on MSN8h
DR Congo ceasefire terms still unclear after surprise summit
Fighting in the mineral-rich east of the DRC has recently intensified with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launching a ...
Al Jazeera on MSN6d
‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?
CNN on MSN5d
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Darkuna is a pseudonym for the teenager, who provided this testimony to the United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF via a ...
allAfrica.com on MSN13h
Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Qatar for crisis talks on eastern DRC
The face-to-face meeting between Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame took place on Tuesday in Qatar, mediated by the emir, in an ...
Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwandan foreign minister: 'We have no soldiers on Congolese soil'
With Kigali accused of providing military support to the M23 rebels in the east of the DRC, and negotiations between the DRC ...
M23 rebels withdraw from Congo peace talks, citing international sanctions
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks ...
Daily Sabah2d
M23 rebels withdraw from Luanda peace talks as DRC stays course
The Rwanda-backed M23 group announced it would skip Tuesday’s peace talks with the DR Congo government in Luanda, Angola, in ...