In a stunning blow to cease-fire hopes, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the mineral-rich town of Walikale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
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The Rwanda-backed M23 group announced it would skip Tuesday’s peace talks with the DR Congo government in Luanda, Angola, in response to EU sanctions targeting…
The Banyene family’s return to Sake, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was far from a homecoming. When they arrived in…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday condemned the rape of numerous children by armed groups, likely from both sides of the conflict in…
Rwanda-backed rebels seized much of eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, including its airport, the U.N. reported, as Rwanda’s president Wednesday joined growing international calls for…