Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in an attempt to expand their area of ...

02/08/2025 February 8, 2025 The Rwanda-backed M23 militia is closing in on the town of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and pushing into the South Kivu province. More than 2 ...

Rebels have captured eastern town of Nyabibwe Government says its forces resist advance U.N. estimates at least 2,800 killed in fighting GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 5 (Reuters ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma called a unilateral pause in the fighting, but the government dismissed the cease-fire as a stunt designed to ...

The State Department ordered non-emergency US government personnel and their family members to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo amid escalating violence in the country and its capital city ...

the intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear ...

Almost 3,000 people have been killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has said. Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the ...

At least 50 people have been killed in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, several local officials said. They set fire to houses, looted and reportedly raped women and ...

Members of M23 rebel patrol on the street of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Brian Inganga/AP) The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...