More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...
International Rescue Committee7h
Conflict in the DRC: What you need to know about the crisis
Learn more about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and how humanitarian organizations are ...
Zimbabwe1h
UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma
A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...
France24 (Video) on MSN1h
'We're in an aggression situation: Rwanda invaded east DRC with no meaningful self-defence argument'
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo 's key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a stadium rally and promising safety under their administration as they try ...
Mongabay on MSN9h
How illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre Okenda
On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...
Channel 4 News5h
DRC civil war: M23 rebels make plans to rule [DUBBED]
Ten bloody days in which the M23 rebel group swept across the east of Democratic Republic of Congo. The militia, made up of ...
Hosted on MSN10h
Corneille Nangaa leads rebel coalition in DRC as government rejects talks, citing Rwanda’s influence
Corneille Nangaa leads a rebel coalition in DRC, faces a death sentence, and urges talks as the government refuses.
The Africa Report12h
DRC‑Rwanda: Rubaya coltan mine at the heart of M23 financing
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...
Crux17h
Catholic leader highlights desperation as eastern DRC war intensifies
As the situation gets worse in the DR Congo, the Director of Communication at Caritas Butembo-Beni has decried the ...
The Star Worldwide (English) on MSN13h
Uhuru: What led to resurgence of fighting in DRC
Uhuru said the withdrawal of the EACRF further slowed down the negotiations and that this led to the resurgence of fighting ...
AFP on MSN13h
M23 calls public meeting in captured DRC city as fighters advance
Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, ...
M23 rebels backtrack on ceasefire, take over town of Nyabibwe in eastern DRC
After capturing Goma, the main city in North Kivu province, last week, the M23 and Rwandan troops launched a new offensive on ...