A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.

Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season, trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is trapped in an unrelenting cycle of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian suffering ...

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a fighting between M23 militants and the national army over control of a key ...

Goma remains “under occupation” by Congo’s M23 rebels and the ceasefire they announced has been broken as their forces engage ...

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, is looking for information about war crimes in eastern DRC. Meanwhile, M23 rebels launched a renewed offensive toward Bukavu in South ...

Fighters from the M23 armed group recently captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a rapid offensive. A video shared on X is purported to show Tanzanian soldiers ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three peacekeeping missions. The UN intervened for the first time in ...

The EU is backing up the embattled UN forces, railing against Rwanda’s support for the M23 rebel group in the latest war.