Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's second major city of Bukavu, residents say
Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo’s 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...
The Lancet1d
Humanitarian and health-care crises in eastern DR Congo
An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...
Midland Daily News7d
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo
Rwanda has blamed the deployment of SADC peacekeepers for worsening the conflict in North Kivu, a mineral-rich province in ...
cajnewsafrica11d
Analysis: The battles for Goma in the northern Kivu province, DRC
RWANDA has the best economy in Africa and receives over US$1 billion international grants every year from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). But wait until ...
TASS12d
M23 rebels want direct dialogue with DR Congo government
PRETORIA, February 2. /TASS/. Rebels from the March 23 Movement (M23), who are operating in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, demand that the Congolese government engage in a direct ...
Africanews13d
Hospitals overwhelmed as death toll rises in Goma
Hospitals in Goma are struggling to cope following fierce fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels which has seen hundreds of people killed. At Kyeshero Hospital, beds are full of patients with traumatic ...
The Straits Times14d
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
They then shifted their focus to Bukavu in neighbouring South Kivu province and made some progress toward that objective. But since then, the Congolese army and its allies have succeeded in ...
dw14d
DR Congo: SADC reaffirms 'commitment' amid M23 advance
Bukavu is the capital of South Kivu province and home to hundreds of thousands of people. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels entered Goma, the capital of North Kivu and the largest city in eastern Congo ...
Vanguard14d
African health agency says DRC fighting has spawned ‘health emergency’
The group’s capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, earlier in the week was a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen decades of conflict involving multiple armed groups.
CNN14d
UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...
The Korea Herald14d
South Korea to issue travel ban for eastern province of Democratic Republic of the Congo amid armed clashes
The Level 4 travel ban, the highest of the country's four-scale travel warning system, will take effect Saturday for the Central African country's North Kivu Province, according to the ministry.