AllAfrica on MSN19h
Failed Truce Intensifies Conflict in DRC As UN Warns of Record Hunger Crisis
A truce announced last week by AFC/M23 rebels in Walikale, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has collapsed after just a few days. The Congolese army now accuses the Rwandan-backed group of ...
Mongabay News on MSN3d
The untold environmental toll of the DRC’s conflict
The conflict is exacerbating deforestation, undermining conservation efforts, and fueling the illicit exploitation of natural ...
Radio France Internationale2d
From 1960 to present day, 11 dates that explain the conflict in the DRC
The political and military crisis that erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July 1960, in the first month of its independence from former colonial power Belgium, had its origins in ...
Al Jazeera English23d
M23 rebels advance as DRC gov’t offers $5m reward to capture rebel leaders
The Group Kabido has been active in eastern DRC for decades, and fighting with the army for the last three years. Its leaders announced this weekend that it is officially joining the M23 to fight ...
Le Monde.fr1mon
Inside the DRC's rebel-held areas: 'I don't know if there's peace, but at least there are no more bombs'
The capture of this town, located at the other end of Lake Kivu from Goma, took place virtually without fighting, confirming the rout of the DRC's ghostly armed forces, known as FARDC, their ...
The Daily Star27d
Canadian sanctions over DRC conflict ‘shameful’: Rwanda
Rwanda said yesterday it was "shameful" of Canada to impose sanctions over its involvement in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The M23 armed group -- backed by thousands of ...