By Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of the strategic Kavumu airport that serves Bukavu, the region’s second biggest city, the rebel alliance and a civil security source said on Friday. The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they […]
By Reuters A U.S. pause on foreign aid has had a “major impact” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where humanitarian operations last year were 70% funded by Washington, the top U.N. aid official in the country said on Tuesday. Bruno Lemarquis said that in 2024 the U.N. humanitarian response […]
By Reuters Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour’s border. Kigali and Kinshasa blame each other for renewed instability in east Congo, where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized the regional […]
By Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step […]
By Reuters Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic of Congo city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis, Congo’s communications minister Patrick Muyaya said late on Monday. Relative calm has returned to Goma, where the rebel alliance that includes […]
