The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to ...

These are the preliminary conclusions of the Human Rights Office's Fact-Finding Mission set up at the Counci's request four ...

For the first time since rebel forces took control of Goma, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo, Bintou Keita, met face-to-face with the leaders of M23 rebels on Friday in the ...

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...

Virunga is Africa’s first national park, created by Belgian royal decree in 1925. Named for the mountains that straddle the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group summarily ... Human Rights Watch said today. The M23 has occupied Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, since January 27, 2025. Witnesses said that on the ...

Leaders, signatories to the Framework Agreement on Peace, Security and Cooperation for the DRC and the region, gathered in Entebbe, Uganda for the 12th ... for armed groups targeting Rwanda, asked ...

Martyrs Day is one of Africa's largest religious gatherings, drawing more than 2 million pilgrims each year from Uganda and neighboring countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province ... about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 ...

M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have committed serious abuses against civilians, “including torture, killings and enforced disappearances”, in areas under ...

Francine stands in front of the tent she erected on the ashes of her home after returning to her village in North Kivu. A leader and survivor ... “but we helped each other survive.” The M23 armed ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced that former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila Kabange has officially arrived in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province ...