A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...

According to Rospotrebnadzor, equipment and test systems for identifying infections that are relevant to the region have been provided to the country in the past two years, and over 60 Congolese speci ...

Mpox containment efforts also severely disrupted, with 90% of patients fleeing isolation units, according to representative in North Kivu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu, fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.The civilian ...

Analysis - As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.