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A separatist group in Mali has claimed that an airstrike on a market in the country's north killed at least 18 people, while the Malian army states the attack targeted armed militants. The Collective for the Defense of the Rights of the…

Bernard Maheshe Byamungu, one of the M23 leaders who has been sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council for rights abuses, stood in front of the South Kivu governor’s office in Bukavu and told residents they have been living in a “jungle”.…

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, a rebel leader confirmed on Friday. The advance follows the…

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to reassert government control in the east of the country, where M23 rebels, reportedly backed by Rwanda, have captured the city of Goma and are advancing southward. In a televised address,…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has urged Congolese authorities to engage in negotiations with the M23 rebel group, which has recently seized strategic towns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group’s escalating…

The M23 rebel group has seized the town of Kalembe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding its reach in the region, an official and a former lawmaker said. The Tutsi-led M23 has been waging an insurgency in the central African…

At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians,…

Rwandan authorities have accused the Burundian leader of making "inflammatory allegations aimed at sowing division among Rwandans", reigniting tensions that have persisted since Burundi closed all crossing points with Rwanda earlier this…

The Malian ambassador to Algiers was summoned to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday to discuss "the latest developments in the situation in the sub-Saharan country", the day after Bamako summoned the Algerian ambassador to…

Ethiopian police have announced the arrest of a former minister accused of "collaborating" with Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels. Taye Dendea, former Minister Delegate for Peace, had posted on his Facebook account on Monday a letter…