African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

Since the unrest in Congo began in January 2025 ... which was captured by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23. The DRC prime minister further said that at least 450,000 people have been displaced ...

Nairobi — The government is considering evacuating Kenyans living and working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following ... offices and personnel in Kinshasa by a mob protesting ...

Critics say the five-year program planned at the Kinshasa ... in DRC’s South Kivu province, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have recently captured the province’s capital city and the airport.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said Thursday. The boat was carrying people from ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces systemic corruption ...

in eastern DRC. Methods of warfare were brutal, especially those employed by Rwandan soldiers and Tutsi groups. When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997.

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... Image: Map of DRC showing Goma, Bukavu and Kinshasa Bukavu is the provincial capital ...

Without mentioning Rwanda, he added: "We are calling for the immediate removal of M23 and their supporters from all towns and cities including Goma airport." Read more Subscribers only DRC war ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a strategic airport and closed in on a second major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their stranglehold over the country’s mineral-rich east.