Joseph Stéphane Mukumadi, the former governor of Sankuru province, on Thursday, April 3, publicly declared that he joined the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebellion and urged the Congolese to ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

For years, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo demanded direct negotiations with Congolese authorities. Battlefield gains mean they can now afford to snub them to try to ...

With three neighbouring armies already on the ground, a conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is evolving into a wider regional war.

Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebellion’s coordinator Corneille Nangaa has appealed to the entire DR Congo diaspora to join the cause for liberating the country. On Friday, the rebels allowed the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will engage in direct ... talk directly with the Rwanda-backed group, which he calls “terrorists.” The decision was announced Tuesday after a ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

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.

Jason Blazakis’s Feb. 20 op-ed “The Case Against Designating Cartels as Terrorists” misses the mark. Today’s drug cartels are more emboldened, lethal and sophisticated than ever.