Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...
"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of ...
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
M23 rebels have set up their own administration and tax collection in the fertile, mineral-rich eastern territories seized in their recent operations, using the funds to support their war effort. The ...
Germany’s development ministry said Tuesday it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged ...
The fall of Bukavu represents the most significant expansion of territory under the M23’s control since this latest rebellion started in 2022. The Congolese government confirmed that rebels had ...
The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement ... Graphic design by Andrés A. for Mongabay. Map by Joel Masselink. The most accessible alternative? The highland sector of Kahuzi-Biega National ...
The capture of Bukavu, a city of about 2 million according to the mayor, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest insurgency started in 2022 ...
Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DR Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory there this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be ...
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.