Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are strengthening their grip on eastern Congo despite a Donald Trump peace deal to try to end the conflict, United Nations (UN) experts say.

Uvira, the second-largest city in South Kivu, fell into rebel hands on 10 December. The Congolese armed forces (FARDC) say ...

Kampala, Uganda – Rwanda is in “command and control” of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda has “unilaterally doubled its military presence” in the DRC, and armed groups ...

Over the weekend, regional defense ministers met in Livingstone to address the worsening security situation in eastern DR ...

The Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, on Friday told the Security Council that “the signing this afternoon ...

The U.N. says that Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed over 300 civilians in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past month, describing it as one of the largest death tolls since ...

In eastern DRC, the armed group AFC/M23 says it will place the city of Uvira under the responsibility of the international ...

Operational constraints and regional tensions prevent the UN peacekeeping mission from responding effectively to escalating ...

Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid the occupation of a large swath of the region by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, ...

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a peace accord signing ceremony with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at the Donald J. Trump ...