The meeting, which was mediated by the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, was their first direct talks since the M23 rebels seized two major cities in eastern DRC. The African Union urged all ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire. Here is a map and breakdown of the M23’s ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hopes to find an ally in the US in its fight against rebel group M23. It is eying a mineral deal like the one Ukraine is negotiating: access to the ...

On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military deployment in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This ...

Years of war between the Congolese armed forces and over one hundred militia groups have transfigured the DRC into an ugly and bloodied battlefield. By all accounts, the current President of the ...

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi then met his Rwandan counterpart in a surprise face-to-face encounter in Qatar on 18 March. All sides called for a ceasefire, but M23 representatives did not participate ...

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) observe integration examinations for military specialities at the ‘general Major Chicko Tshitambwe’ military camp in Mambango on the outskirts ...

The leaders of Congo and neighboring Rwanda held their first direct talks in Qatar on Tuesday since Rwanda-backed M23 revels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.

Mudavadi noted that the forum outlined immediate, medium, and long-term strategies necessary to help bring an end to the war in Eastern DRC. NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 18 – The East African Community (EAC) ...

Two months after the M23 rebels took control of Goma, the city is grappling with an unprecedented financial crisis. The banks have shut down as a security precaution due to ongoing conflicts ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is having “daily exchanges” with the United States government with the aim of securing a minerals-for-security deal, Congolese officials have told ...

His increasingly desperate manoeuvres include dangling the DRC’s immense strategic mineral wealth in front of Donald Trump. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of collapse.