Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
Embassies have begun using armoured vehicles for trips to the airport and sending some staff across the Congo River to Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. Three Kinshasa-based government ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People board the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was ...
It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held ...
The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses stori ...
People watch the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was taken by M23 rebels Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...
The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its fighters "decided to assist the population of Bukavu" in addressing its security challenges under the "old ...
The Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes the M23 group, announced a unilateral cease-fire Feb. 4 in response to what it said was the humanitarian crisis" caused by the Kinshasa regime [the ...
95% of Egypt’s population still lives along its banks, depending on the river for infrastructure and agriculture. The Congo River is the world’s ninth-longest river and the deepest ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. M23 rebels march through the centre of eastern Congo’s second largest city early Sunday as some onlookers ...