Congo’s security forces were fighting on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decades-long conflict. Rwanda-backed ...

Demonstrators responding to "Paralyse the City" call of a youth collective target embassies of Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, France, ...

During protests against Western embassies for their silence on the crisis that has erupted since M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies seized control of Goma, reports of looting and vandalism have ...

When Joseph Kabila, who led the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) from 2001 to 2019 and was once a close ally of current President Félix Tshisekedi, appeared in Goma earlier this year, flanked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Heavy gunfire echoed through the streets of eastern Congo's biggest city on Tuesday. Rwandan-backed rebels entered Goma the ...

In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres west of Goma, protesters attacked a United Nations compound and embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing anger ...

This activity is part of MONUSCO's commitment to provide support to institutions representing the rule of law in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as requested by the United Nations Security Council ...

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong ...

Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said Kinshasa wanted to prevent "carnage," with Rwanda's forces in the east of the country. It comes after the M23 group claimed to have taken the city ...

The main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has become a battleground since fighters from the Tutsi-led M23 armed group and Rwandan forces entered central Goma on Sunday night after a ...

Rwanda-backed rebels are closing in on the key eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Bukavu, promising to continue their lightning offensive until they take the national capital. The bloody ...