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The decision by the Congo to cut ties with Rwanda has elicited mixed reactions. Kinshasa on Friday halted all RwandAir flights from the country alleging Kigali’s involvement in supporting the M23 rebel group in the eastern parts of the…

The Kinshasa government says that it was "premature" to withdraw Ugandan troops present in the DRC to fight the ADF rebel group, stressing that such a decision, mentioned by Ugandan military officers during the day, was up to the heads of…

Kenya has announced that it will host a meeting between rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the government in Kinshasa. The announcement was made after a meeting of leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…

In the Rutshuru province, many Christians looked as gloomy as the sky on Good Friday. Despite the big celebrations of the Easter Triduum, Congolese from the eastern part of DRC were not in the mood. The M23 rebel group who fights the…

The Congolese army alleged the Rwandan army was backing an active rebellion in the eastern DRC, which Kigali denied. The move comes after months of growing suspicion and decades of mistrust. On Monday evening, General Sylvain Ekenge,…

Seven African heads of state gathered in Kinshasa to assess a 2013 agreement aimed at cementing peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-torn east and the Great Lakes region. The Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework aims…

A bomb blast in the eastern city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least six people. Narcisse Muteba, the colonel running the city during the state of emergency in the east of the country, said the bomb had gone off…

The former governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi, has launched his party "Together for the Republic" in view of the 2023 presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while remaining for the moment a member of the ruling…

Thirty-four people remain missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As at Friday, volunteers and relatives wear still searching for missing dozens missing and others who are feared dead in…

As Eastern Congo has seen an uptick in violence in recent weeks, the Congo army alongside peacekeepers from the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, have continued their patrols of local districts caught up in the fighting. Komanda, located…