Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...
On the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma residents were busy filling up plastic jerrycans with lake water. Less than a week since ...
Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...
Meanwhile, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said his country will “deal” with any confrontation from South Africa after 13 of its peacekeepers in eastern Congo were killed.
Troops from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been firing at each other across their shared border in the eastern ...
In the capital, Kinshasa, protesters complaining of a lack of international action attacked foreign embassies, including ...
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...