Violence against children in conflict zones worldwide has reached unprecedented levels in 2024, the United Nations revealed in its latest annual report on Thursday.UN Secretary-General Antonio ...

Goma, the main city in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, is set to fall to the M23 armed group and Rwandan army -- the latest upheaval in a region devastated by three decades of war.

Meanwhile, the war in the eastern DRC will likely continue to escalate in the short term because M23’s military gains have not forced the DRC to agree to negotiations with M23, says security analyst ...

It’s a repeat, like Israel-Hezbollah in 2006, of a war that raged between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda between August 1998 and July 2003.

The DRC is a crucial supplier of natural resources to the world economy. Around 70% of the world’s cobalt, which is crucial for producing batteries, alloys and magnets, is mined in the DRC .

Fighting has stopped in the city of Goma but clashes have spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu, raising fears of an M23 advance to its capital Bukavu.

DRC: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim Goma, Congo cites a 'declaration of war' 13 peacekeepers killed in eastern DRC, Kinshasa withdraws diplomats from Rwanda DR Congo battles intensify, Western ...

War has become a regular part of life for many children. Millions are victims and witnesses to the horrors of war. Recent estimates by researchers at the Peace Research Institute Oslo show that ...

War-torn DRC first stop for Trump’s new Africa czar Massad Boulos, Trumps new Senior Advisor for Africa and father-in-law to daughter Tiffany Trump, kicks starts his first official trip on the ...

Amnesty International on Thursday published a briefing on the 2000 Kisangani War, urging the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute those responsible for crimes ...