The DRC, where more than half of the Congo Basin rainforest lies, still suffers from deep poverty and a history of colonial exploitation, dictatorship, and conflicts that have both held back the ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...

GalleryThe advance of the AFC-M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic ... confirming the rout of the DRC's ghostly armed forces, known as FARDC, their Burundian allies and pro-government militias.

$5m reward for capture of M23 rebel leaders Meanwhile, authorities in the DRC have offered a $5m reward for help in arresting rebel leaders, as government forces struggle to contain their advance.

The Southern African country has been trying to mediate a lasting ceasefire and de-escalate tensions between the DRC and neighboring Rwanda, which has been accused of backing the Tutsi-led rebel ...

The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2021 has had a devastating toll on ...

Until now, the Congolese government has refused to engage in talks with the rebels. In December, an initial attempt at peace talks collapsed when Rwanda demanded DRC engage with M23 directly.

Amnesty International raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the ongoing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the Rwandan-backed rebel group, M23, captured the city of ...

Rebel group M23 levies taxes on mining in the DRC. It generates income of about $800 000 in revenue per month. In Rubaya, the M23 has set up its own administration. Mine shafts snake under the eastern ...

Previous rounds of peace talks mediated by Angola have failed to halt the fighting between the Congolese army and the M23, in a volatile region of the DRC riven by infighting between various armed ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels will hold talks next ... acted as a mediator in the eastern DRC conflict that escalated in late January ...