Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese ...

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

"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of children at the hands of M23," said Ambassador Shea.

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 ...

withdrawal of all RDF from Congolese territory and a return to dialogue through African-led peace processes. There can be no military solution." Residents flee, looters run rampant: M23 rebels ...

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 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 ...