The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has contested claims by the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebellion that its forces in DR Congo conducted “a series of joint military operations” in ...

The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which includes the M23 rebels, condemned what it called "a series of joint military operations" carried out by SADC forces in coordination with the Congolese armed ...

Congolese authorities say at least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in the country's conflict-hit east where ...

adding the U.N. is verifying reports that Congolese troops raped 52 women in South Kivu. Goma’s capture has brought humanitarian operations to “a standstill, cutting off a vital lifeline for ...

MONUSCO peacekeepers, who withdrew from South Kivu province in June 2024 ... there are the conditions for people to feel good," the UN envoy said. In its bases in Goma, MONUSCO offers protection to ...

The growing electrical energy deficit in Rwanda and DRC has encouraged both countries to start gas extraction from Lake Kivu. Currently, each country has awarded four concessions for gas extraction ...

These include tens of thousands of people uprooted by M23 rebels from camps in North Kivu - and in particular six sites around Goma – and the territories of Kalehe and Uvira in South Kivu in February ...

FILE - Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, before capturing Bukavu, the capital of neighbouring South Kivu, in February. They have since continued to ...

The group already controls the city of Goma in North Kivu province and Bukavu in South Kivu province. The latest conquest comes after the surprise meeting on Tuesday between presidents of Congo ...