DRC

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that the government has failed to address the problem of drug trafficking in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The report is based on the findings of a…

Hundreds of displaced women in Goma called for the departure of the rebel group M23 and an end to the violence in Eastern Congo.  The women said they're suffering from hunger and their children have been unable to attend school. With…

Ten people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by militants. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the "terrorist act" happened in a Pentecostal…

A hundred civilians taken hostage by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have been freed by the coalition forces of the DRC Armed Forces (Fardc) and the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) in Benin, in the east of the DRC. For…

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 29-30 according to preliminary findings, the UN mission in the country said. Authorities in Kinshasa had said that some 300 people, almost all…

Rwanda's foreign minister has accused the international community of 'exacerbating' the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), plagued by armed groups after the United States urged Kigali to stop any supposed support for the…

The Community of East African States (EAC) announced that the next set of peace talks on situation in eastern DRC will take place in Kenya on 21st November. The announcement coincided with more fighting on Sunday near Goma between…

Foreign ministers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda arrived at the Angolan presidency on Saturday for a fresh round of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions in eastern DRC. Angolan President João Lourenço was appointed by…

Three people have been killed in scuffles over food aid at a displaced persons' camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Many people in the Kanyarucyinya camp have fled fighting between the M23 militia and President Félix Tshisekedi…

Protesters set fire to UN vehicles in Goma on Tuesday night, protesting against the presence of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The blazes started after rumours about the UN allegedly…