The Hindu3d
Rwandan and Congolese leaders meet over eastern DRC conflict
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. The group took ...
Independent Online4d
Ruto urges immediate ceasefire in DRC amid ongoing conflict
An urgent summit being held in Tanzania on the recent developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is under way where African leaders are trying to find solutions to bring peace to the ...
Independent Online3d
Ramaphosa continues to face backlash over SANDF deployment in DRC
President Cyril Ramaphosa continues to face backlash over the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where 14 soldiers have been ...
International Rescue Committee6d
Conflict in the DRC: What you need to know about the crisis
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly escalating humanitarian emergency, with civilians paying the price of escalating conflict. As violence surges in Eastern DRC, displacement is ...
The Straits Times4d
Threat of disease in DRC "multiplied" by conflict, WHO says
Fighting between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces has exacerbated an already "dire situation" for millions of people, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO representative for the DRC ...
EWN Sport4d
Repatriation of 14 SA soldiers killed in DRC underway
JOHANNESBURG - Pretoria is preparing to receive the bodies of 14 South African soldiers killed while on a peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fallen ...
CNN6d
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
Threat of Disease in DRC 'Multiplied' by Conflict, WHO Says
Threat of Disease in DRC 'Multiplied' by Conflict, WHO Says GENEVA (Reuters) -Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases ...
Jurist4d
UN human rights chief expresses concerns over escalating violence in DRC
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern on Friday over the recent escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in North Kivu and South ...
Indiatimes5d
M23 calls public meeting in captured DRC city as fighters advance
Rwandan-backed M23 held its first public meeting in Goma since seizing the city, as they advanced towards Bukavu. After capturing Goma, the M23 broke a ceasefire and took the South Kivu town of ...
eNCA4d
Rwandan and Congolese leaders to meet over eastern DRC conflict
DRC - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convene in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic ...
The Star4d
All Malaysian officials in DRC safe, says Wisma Putra
KUALA LUMPUR: All Malaysian officials serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...