M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022.

Congo and the M23 rebel group have agreed to a declaration of principles to end fighting in eastern Congo, a sign of progress ...

Press Release - When MONUSCO's helicopter landed in Goma, emotions ran high. For Bintou Keita, Head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC, this return to a city deeply affected by conflict ...

Rest of World News: As the M23 rebels advanced on Bukavu during January and February, several villages along Lake Kivu were turned into battlefields. Though fighters from.

Zawadi Sifa who has been fleeing fighting from camp to camp, shares food with her seven children in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2025.

The agreement marks the first direct commitment from both sides since rebels seized key cities in eastern Congo.

Supported by MONUSCO, the initiative brought attention to the hardships faced by children in conflict-affected North Kivu and reaffirmed the commitment of stakeholders to their protection.

Funding cuts to international aid organizations mean that medical assistance has dried up for vulnerable people affected by conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

That was in 2020, three years after Shaw, a former teacher, and Congolese partner Archip Lobo Ngumba built the DRC's first commercial solar minigrid in the small town of Beni in Congo's North Kivu ...

The emergency kits include medication to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as unwanted pregnancies.