Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been ...
All told 127 SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel are now back in South Africa receiving medical and other care ...
Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when it fell in January to rebels, known as M23. With the conflict spreading, ...
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...
M23 officials said they had trained up hundreds of administrators who were ready to deploy. "We are asking all Goma residents to go back to normal activities," said Corneille Nangaa, head of Alliance ...
One particularly horrific incident came to light when a mother recounted how her six daughters were systematically raped by ...
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
The 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC), which extended its military mission in Congo late last year to help the Congolese army fight the rebels, has suffered losses since the ...
Bukavu lies 63 miles (101 kilometers) south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in late January. The M23 is the most ...
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...
The Rwanda-backed rebel group launched an offensive in late 2021, winning swathes of territory in North Kivu province from the Congolese army. By 2022, it had surrounded Goma, the provincial capital, ...