“In short, based on initial data … during the most intense phase of this year’s conflict in eastern DRC, a child was raped every half an hour,” he explained. After the fallout of the ...

The UN condemned on Friday (April 11, 2025) the widespread rape of children in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands were reportedly subjected to sexual violence in ...

The African Union announced on Sunday that it had named Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo, as new mediator in the ongoing ...

Their mandate was outlined during the last session, setting the stage for their involvement in advancing the peace initiative. The March 24 meeting was co-chaired by President Ruto in capacity as ...

At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

"During the most intense phase of this year's conflict in eastern DRC, a child was raped every half an hour," UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters at a UN briefing in Geneva. "We are not ...

"I have decided to begin with the eastern region, where there is danger at hand." In recent months, Kabila has been unusually outspoken about the DRC conflict, breaking his usual silence since ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed at least 2 900 soldiers in February last year to support combating illicit armed factions in eastern DRC ... sides in the conflict in the DRC and we call ...

President William Ruto takes part in the joint EAC/SADC summit that seeks to restore peace in the eastern DRC, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on February 8, 2025. [PCS] President William Ruto, the ...

Kampala, Uganda — The Committee on East African Community (EAC ... the prevalent political turbulence including civil wars in DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo], Southern Sudan, Somalia have ...

This comes as the DRC, home to the world’s largest source of cobalt, has been devastated by decades of political instability and armed conflict ... a mining town in eastern Congo since May ...