Countries Fighting resumes between DRC army, M23 mid-truce DRC – Fighting broke out on Friday between members of a local armed group allied with the Congolese army... Read more 12 Jul
Countries Rwandan troops fought alongside M23 rebels in DRC: UN experts DRC – Some 3,000-4,000 Rwandan soldiers fought alongside M23 rebels in east DRC, said a UN experts report seen... Read more 8 Jul
Countries UN warns of increased trafficking, sexual slavery in DRC DRC – UN experts on Thursday sounded the alarm over increasing human trafficking for sexual exploitation, stemming from conflict and... Read more 5 Jul
Countries DRC sentences 25 soldiers to death for ‘fleeing the enemy’: lawyer DRC – Twenty-five soldiers accused of “fleeing the enemy” while fighting M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more 4 Jul
Countries Fresh fighting kills women, child in war-torn east DRC DRC – Conflict between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and government forces killed at least five people, including women and... Read more 20 Jun
Countries African Union condemns rebel ‘massacres’ in DRC Congo – The African Union on Monday condemned “massacres” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that... Read more 18 Jun
Countries DRC weighs legal move against Apple in mining dispute Congo – The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is studying legal action against Apple in France and... Read more 14 Jun
Countries SADC condemns DRC coup bid ‘in strongest terms’ Johannesburg – The Southern Africa bloc condemned Monday what it called an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of... Read more 21 May
Countries Americans, a Brit among those in DRC coup bid – army Kinshasa – A number of Americans and a British man were part of a group responsible for a coup... Read more 20 May
Countries SA soldier dies in DRC hospital Goma – A mortar attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three Tanzanian soldiers and wounded three... Read more 9 Apr