The political system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is paralyzed due the manipulation of the electoral process by political elites, and is heavily influenced by a long-running conflict ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will launch a unity government, his spokesperson said on Saturday, as he faces domestic pressure over his handling of an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

However, the government of Rwanda rejects all accusations of this. The DRC authorities are outraged at Rwanda’s contempt for them, decrying it as an open provocation. At the United Nations on January ...

They emphasized that there is no military solution to the conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire. Earlier, on February 7, President Ruto had also spoken with Rubio regarding Kenya’s ...

Rwanda's foreign ministry said the sanctions would not resolve the conflict in the DR Congo, terming them "unjustified and unfounded". They come as the M23 appears to be continuing its advance ...

“Everybody is really worried,” said Sara Rosenberg, who volunteered at the two-decade-old Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) in Lwiro village in DRC’s South Kivu province, where ...

Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda’s exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) surpassed $2.9 billion in the 33 months ending September 2024, despite the fragile security situation in Ituri and the ...

An M23 rebel guards the SAMIDRC base in Goma. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) should withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) because it can no longer influence the ...

This is despite repeated United Nations reports outlining his government’s funding for the M23 rebels — who have in the past month captured three major DRC cities and annexed massive territory ...