Congo army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of ...
The Economist1d
Rwanda tightens its grip over eastern Congo
On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.
UPI4d
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture key city in Democratic Republic of Congo
Goma and all the other occupied corners in North Kivu and South Kivu are the symbol of our resistance. Let us all remain standing, vigilant, resilient and united in the face of this ordeal behind ...
climatechangenews.com4d
DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...
One Lake, Two Worlds: Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...
Hindustan Times5d
M23 seize key city as fears of DR Congo breakup mount
Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, on Friday. It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces . The fall of ...
National Catholic Reporter4d
As rebels in Congo take Bukavu, church leaders decry violence, disrespect for international law
About two-thirds of the population lives on less than $2.15 a day, according to the World Bank. "It clearly signals intent by M23 to establish a permanent presence in North Kivu. By extension ...
New Vision on MSN2d
Traffic resumes on Lake Kivu amid M23 advances in DR Congo
Traffic on Lake Kivu between Bukavu and Goma, two provincial capitals in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), resumed Tuesday after weeks of suspension due to clashes in Goma.The ...
Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo
Rwanda's government has asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo ...
Rwanda-backed rebels tighten their grip on a major city in eastern Congo
BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in ...
Al Jazeera English5d
DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east
The M23 began advancing in South Kivu after last month taking control of Goma, the capital of neighbouring North Kivu province ... The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday said looters ...
Le Monde.fr4d
After Goma, DRC's Bukavu falls under M23 rebels' control
Unlike their conquest of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, on January 27 ... my country has been attacked in an ostentatious manner and the world has hardly been moved by it, it means that ...