Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
News2419h
Calm returns to eastern DRC following thousands killed, and amid fears of wider conflict
Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could ...
News2417h
SA army sends another 800 soldiers to the DRC
Fourteen South African soldiers have already died in fighting. The army has now deployed an additional 700 to 800 troops to ...
Channel 4 News17h
DRC civil war: M23 rebels and a decades long conflict
Caught in the crossfire, civilians continue to suffer. Entire communities are destroyed, millions are displaced, and countless lives are lost. For the people of eastern DRC, this is not just a crisis ...
Africanews English on MSN18h
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and two neighboring nations with the most involvement ...
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Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo
The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage ...
The Africa Report20h
South African minister Angie Motshekga under fire after 14 troops killed in DRC
Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...
M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing a "dangerously deteriorating" situation, as Congo ...
Congo's Bukavu Under Threat as M23 Rebels Warn of Intervention
Bukavu and the strategic town of Kavumu 35 km to the north, where the airport is located, are still under the control of the Congolese army. Panic has gripped the area since runaway soldiers looted ...
Access WDUN18h
Reid G. Miller, longtime AP international correspondent and editor, dies at 90
NEW YORK (AP) — Reid G. Miller, who traveled the planet as an intrepid international correspondent for The Associated Press and developed a reputation as a supportive editor and unswervingly loyal ...
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Rwanda-DR Congo border crossings surge to over 30,000 after M23 secures Goma
Rwanda and DR Congo’s border towns of Rubavu and Goma, respectively, are experiencing a surge in cross-border movement of people and goods after AFC/M23 rebels secured the capital of eastern DR ...
The East African on MSN11h
Kitengela's 'Little Kinshasa', where Congolese ply their trade
The Congolese community is so close-knit that the locals call the area where they live in the dusty suburbs 'Little Kinshasa'. It doesn't matter that most Kinyarwanda speakers live in the eastern ...