The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the overall decline in the health-care system ...

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

In November 2021, the rebels seized two settlements in North Kivu, and by March 2022, they controlled much of the Rutshuru region on the border with Uganda and Rwanda.

Location map of Kahuzi-Biega National Park in South Kivu, Virunga National Park and Upemba National Park in Upper Katanga Province, showing areas like Rwindi in Rutshuru (Virunga) occupied by the M23.

As long as the DRC continues to be a stamping ground for militias, including M23, and other neighboring countries, instability will create the perfect conditions for atrocity crimes to be perpetrated.

This article by Anicet Kimonyo was originally published by Peace News Network on February 6, 2025.An edited version is republished on Global Voices part of a media partnership agreement.. For several ...

The DRC also confirmed the meeting, with a source close to the Congolese presidency saying it was kept "secret" until Tshisekedi boarded a plane back to Kinshasa. The presidency later confirmed the ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in eastern DRC, a mineral-rich area close to the border with Rwanda. The group's fighters claim they are protecting the rights of the ...

The escalating armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has had significant — and overlooked — environmental impacts. The rate of tree cover loss in Kahuzi-Biega and Virunga ...

“The fourth time was when an agent of the General Directorate of Migration of the DRC stopped me from my journey to Rwanda on January 26, 2025, confiscated my passport, and threatened to arrest me ...

Introduction. The rapprochement between Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which culminated in the DRC joining the East African Community (EAC) on March 29, 2022, promised several ...

(c) an elaborate road map detailing immediate, medium- and long-term implementation measures, including financing modalities; and (d) address all other residual issues relating to the attainment of ...