M23 rebels seize territory near Goma city Military governor dies from frontline injuries Congo and U.N. accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels Conflict uproots 400,000 people this year Jan 24 ...

Many are still haunted by the aborted legacy of DR Congo’s first prime minister, who was murdered on January 17, 1961. The whataboutery in African debates on solidarity with Gaza is misplaced ...

The advance marks a turning point for the M23 since it launched a fresh insurgency into Congo's mineral-rich east in March 2022, analysts say. They never managed to gain this much ground during ...

More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said. Seventy of the convicts were ...

Congo’s regular army, which is riddled with corruption, has been no match for M23, though it is propped up by a ragtag bunch of local militias known as Wazalendo, a Swahili word meaning ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 170 ...

Islamic State group-linked ADF rebels have killed at least 21 people this week in the conflict-riven eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources told AFP on Saturday. The attacks all took ...

The telecommunications sector in the Republic of Congo is welcoming a new arrival with the announcement that Brazzaville-headquartered and state-owned operator Congo Telecom, known mainly for fixed ...

The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various ...

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as ...

Apple, one of the world’s biggest tech companies, stands accused by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of using ‘conflict minerals’ in its supply chains. Congo’s lawyers have filed criminal ...