Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese ...
The city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has fallen into the hands of M23 rebels. Civilians are the ...
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.
President William Ruto and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, February 21, 2025, held a third phone conversation since President Donald Trump was sworn into office. Spokesperson for the ...
As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic ...
The United States has sanctioned a Rwandan government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are battling the Congolese army and have captured ...
Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...
As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...
The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups that have been vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth.
In the last of our five-part ‘Stories from Goma’ series, The New Times takes a closer look at the big picture, with a dive into what some have described as stark evidence of a mindboggling plan by DR ...