The warring parties have each imposed their own taxes at the borders they control, cutting off residents from the rest of the ...

which also controls border posts between the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda. By the same token, they act as yet another brake on the regional economy. In Butembo, Esther Masika, manager of a food ...

ADF aligns with Islamic State and spreads recruitment across East Africa The group now operates beyond Congo, using bombings, raids, and smuggling Experts urge a regional crackdown on its support and ...

south of the city of Butembo. Violence escalated on 2 May across Lubero territory, uprooting some 30,000 people, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. The development comes amid ongoing ...

Rwanda accused DRC on Thursday of shelling its territory and said such "provocation" would not be tolerated, raising fears of an escalation in the conflict in eastern DRC where army troops and the UN ...

Key Takeaway: Uganda is working with actors on multiple sides of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to hedge and strengthen its sphere of influence. Uganda has ...

The one-day mini-summit was being staged in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, four days before problem-strewn elections in the neighbouring DRC. A DRC representative was not present, ...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have asked the Senate to lift the immunity of former President Joseph Kabila so he could face trial on charges of supporting a rebel ...

The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity from prosecution. Removal of Kabila’s immunity would pave ...

Displaced people are seen at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan 23, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] LUANDA - Angola's presidency said on ...

Picture: AFP The DA has questioned South Africa’s intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after reports that the United States government is on course to broker a peace deal ...

One Goma businessman said he regularly sends an employee to Butembo, a Congolese city to the north, on a week-long, 1,000-kilometer round trip via Uganda to obtain cash for operations. Despite the ...