Analysis - The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the ...

During a joint EAC-SADC summit, leaders of both organizations called for immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Rwandan ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesperson ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

The M23 captured Goma, a city of nearly two million people, last week after a lightning advance in DR Congo's eastern region.

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

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The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive ...