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

“Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda are the most affected by the wars, as their goods are the most exported to both South Sudan and in Goma, eastern DRC. It is, therefore, in the interest of the EAC ...

The conflict in the east of the DRC escalated in late January 2025 when the rebel group took Goma, the capital of North Kivu, and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, both bordering Rwanda ...

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 ...

Angola announced on Monday it would withdraw from its role as mediator in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government forces and the M23 rebel group in order to ...

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

Backed by Rwanda, the M23 armed group has swept through the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, taking two regional capitals. It is the latest escalation in an area that has long been victim ...

The violence this year has largely been driven by armed groups, particularly M23 rebels, who have intensified their offensive in eastern DRC ... The latest round of conflict escalated in December ...

The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis have long seen themselves as victims of the haphazard drafting of borders.

The number of children going hungry in war-torn eastern ... by conflict or returning to their areas of origin, making access to food more challenging. Currently there are 6.4 million people who have ...