Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

Backed by Rwanda ... border. Uganda has played a particularly complex role. In 2021, it launched Operation Shujaa, deploying troops with the DRC's consent to Ituri and North Kivu provinces ...

In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu ... Rwanda backs M23 with troops and ammunition. Kigali, however, denies the accusations. The latest round of ...

Backed by Rwanda ... on the outskirts of Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 14, 2024. Picture: PHILÉMON BARBIER / AFP Uganda's role in eastern DR ...

During and following the genocide, nearly two million Hutu refugees crossed the Congolese border, mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and ... and 2003, Rwanda, Uganda, and DRC ...

Since 1996, conflict in ... moderate Hutus in Rwanda (DRC’s neighbor to the east). During and following the genocide, nearly two million Hutu refugees crossed the Congolese border, mostly settling in ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region, an army ...

Belgium was responsible for the drafting of the haphazard map of the Great ... who live mainly in South Kivu, and the Banyarwanda, who live in North Kivu, fought along with Rwanda during that ...

Uganda's role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and economic interests in the mineral-rich area ...