Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

M23 rebels have fully taken control of Bukavu, seizing key infrastructure, including the airport and the Bukavu-Kamembe ...

Aid operations to support people living in Goma – population two million – and in the long-term displacement camps in and ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to Rwandan forces in Kigali, Rwanda on January 27, 2025. M23 ...

If the Congolese side violates the ceasefire, “that makes the DRC ... M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrended to an undisclosed location in GomaImage: Moses Sawasawa/AP ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

They accuse Rwanda of supporting an armed group, M23, that resurfaced in eastern DRC in 2021 and controls ... per month in roadblock levies, as well as household taxes, forced agricultural labour ...

In a major escalation in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rebels from the March 23 Movement – or M23 – have seized Goma, the capital city of North Kivu province. At ...