The Latest Breaking News from DRC

Attacks by CODECO militia, one of 120 rebel groups in the eastern DRC, have displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

Burundi was the first country to offer troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2022 as part of east Africa’s peace drive after a wave of attacks from the rebel group known as Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23).

Fourteen people were killed in western Democratic Republic of Congo, including 12 villagers hacked to death with machetes, a local official said on Monday.

Ms Braverman said any concerns ministers had with Rwanda about the support of rebels in DRC would be raised in private.

As Rwandan-backed M23 rebels massacre and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who will hold them to account?

After a year of murder, rape, disease and looting, aid workers ask the international community: ‘Where the hell have you been?’

The Banyamulenge are a minority ethnic group in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In December 2022, the UN adviser on the prevention of genocide raised concerns about attacks against the community based on “ethnicity or perceived allegiance with neighbouring countries”. The Banyamulenge have long been viewed as…

Escalating violence forced 300,000 people to flee Rutshuru and Masisi territories of North Kivu province last month.

The U.N. Refugee Agency said on Friday it was "greatly alarmed" by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee.