Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...

By Alessandra Galloni DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Top diamond producer Botswana's new President Duma Boko said on Thursday that he hoped to clinch a long-delayed sales pact with industry giant De ...

On Sunday 19 January, two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) workers were slightly injured when a rocket hit the MSF garage next to the Masisi General Referral hospital in North Kivu province, Democratic ...

Decades since Elvis Presley dominated the music charts, children are among those celebrating the King of Rock and Roll. The Parkes Elvis Festival has returned for another year and there are dozens ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

(Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan to Rwanda last year, leading to the largest contamination of the Great Lakes ...

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The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 8 — Rwanda has criticized the European Union, the United States, and other international actors for what it describes as “biased and simplistic” narratives regarding its alleged ...

strongly condemns the seizure of the territory of Masisi, Province of North-Kivu, by Movement 23 (M23), which took place on Jan 4, 2025. In a statement released on Tuesday, Jan 7, it states that this ...

The rebels over the past week took Katale and Masisi towns, the latter located 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of the regional capital, Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior.