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World - Africa
4/24/2025 12:49:35 PM
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the M23 group on Wednesday issued a landmark joint statement saying they had agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce.

Multimedia - In Pictures
4/6/2025 10:19:29 PM

World - Africa
3/25/2025 6:21:48 PM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday said civilians were suffering "horrific" wounds in a new surge in violence in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's turbulent Ituri province.

World - Africa
3/21/2025 3:29:53 PM
The violence in eastern DR Congo has forced more than 100,000 people to flee to neighbouring countries in just months, the United Nations said on Friday.

World - Africa
3/19/2025 1:47:48 PM
The presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo have expressed their support for a ceasefire after holding surprise talks in Qatar, hours after peace talks in Angola failed.

World - Africa
3/17/2025 9:16:25 PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 group said it would not attend Tuesday's peace talks with the DR Congo government in the Angolan capital Luanda following EU sanctions on some of its top brass.

World - Africa
3/17/2025 2:59:06 PM
The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on three senior Rwandan military commanders and the head of Kigali's state mining agency over the offensive by M23 fighters in the DR Congo.

World - Africa
3/14/2025 5:37:09 PM
The EU is set to impose sanctions on around 10 individuals over the offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said Friday.

World - Africa
3/13/2025 11:44:23 PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

World - Africa
3/3/2025 10:50:10 PM
M23 fighters have abducted at least 130 people from hospitals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma captured by the Rwandan-backed group, the United Nations said on Monday.

World - Africa
2/27/2025 6:02:34 PM
Two explosions that rocked a city in eastern DR Congo after a meeting of the M23 armed group Thursday have killed at least 11 people and injured around 60, a hospital source told AFP.

World - Africa
2/25/2025 5:32:39 PM
African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived Tuesday to investigate the upsurge in violence.

World - Africa
2/25/2025 1:41:47 PM
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has arrived in the DR Congo, his office said Tuesday, as the country grapples with an upsurge in fighting in the east.

World - Africa
2/19/2025 9:00:19 PM
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.

World - Africa
2/12/2025 9:19:52 PM
A dramatic escalation of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and swingeing US humanitarian aid cuts are set to dominate an African Union summit this week, overshadowing the election of its new chairman.

World - Africa
2/11/2025 3:37:38 PM
Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull, with Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacking positions of the Congolese armed forces in South Kivu province at dawn, local and security sources told AFP.

World - Africa
2/10/2025 9:17:15 PM
Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day Monday, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could spark a wider conflict.

World - Africa
2/7/2025 3:37:20 PM
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma -- which has been seized by the M23 armed group -- is safe, WHO said Friday.

World - Africa
2/4/2025 1:27:34 PM
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in DR Congo's perennially explosive east, days before a planned crisis meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

World - Africa
2/3/2025 9:54:46 PM
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday on the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where a Rwanda-backed armed group is advancing.

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