The advance of the AFC-M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has turned the lives of the local ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...

Rights organizations like Amnesty International in January 2025 called for an end to the use of explosive weapons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the DRC over 100 individuals were killed ...

The human cost of the conflict became painfully clear as it was revealed that fourteen South African soldiers died in combat ...

A devastating report from UNICEF has revealed the horrific scale of sexual violence against children, including infants as ...

Multiple investigations, including by the United Nations, have shown that Rwandan forces are fighting in the eastern ...

In response, Tutsi militias organised against these groups inside the DRC, with weapons support from Rwanda ... has documented RDF troop movements and the transfer of advanced military equipment – ...

The CNDP was integrated into the DRC military and became a recognized political ... M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022.

Since the start of the year, the DRC has faced back-to-back losses in North and South Kivu provinces, fueling criticism of the authorities’ military strategy.

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Several of the DRC’s nine neighbouring countries, as well as South Africa, already have a military presence on the ground ... However, security sources say the militants’ training and weapons pale in ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing ...