Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

Violence has surged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the M23 rebel group seizing Goma, leading to mass instability. The jailbreak of over 4,000 inmates and attacks on embassies have ...

would have been like a red flag to a bull for Rwanda. The M23's origins are tied to these tensions - it is the latest incarnation of a rebel group that says it is fighting for the interests of the ...

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 ... to what is now DR Congo, some forming ...

Following violent protests on Tuesday, the US closed its embassy in Kinshasa and urged Americans to leave Congo. Separately, in a video posted on social media on Tuesday, Congo's Deputy Interior ...

Intense fighting has left bodies in the streets and overwhelmed hospitals in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma, the United Nations said on January 28, 2025, as protesters furious about ...

It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely ...

Rebels have seized the airport of east Congo's largest city Goma, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an ...

DR Congo has experienced decades of militia violence, including armed rebellion by M23, which claims to defend the interest of the minority Rwandophone communities, including the Tutsi. Since 2022 ...