US talks are an opportunity for Rwanda to expand its geopolitical influence
African country looks to position itself as a useful option for countries’ anti-migration policies US politics live – latest updates Talks between Rwanda and the...
Category : Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC government and M23 agree to halt fighting and work towards truce
Both sides say they have resolved to end conflict through peaceful means after ‘frank’ talks facilitated by Qatar The Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
‘I hope I’ll one day be at peace’: civilians seek mental health help in war-ravaged eastern DRC
People traumatised by conflict have queued outside the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital in Goma each day since free scheme launched On a sunny...
Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing
Fire broke out during onboard cooking before wooden vessel capsized with 500 passengers aboard The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the...
‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief
US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect...
M23 rebels capture strategic mining hub of Walikale in eastern DRC
Town in North Kivu province is the farthest west the group has reached since the start of its advance in January M23 rebels have captured...
Mass prison escapes stoke panic in DRC after rebel advance
People warn of growing lawlessness amid concerns that thousands of escaped convicts may try to exact revenge Mass prison escapes during the chaos of fighting...
Bukavu hospital patients tell of being shot in chaos of Congolese withdrawal
Widespread shooting and looting preceded arrival of M23 rebels, overwhelming city’s poorly resourced facilities Patients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic...
Deadly blasts hit M23 rebel rally in captured DRC city of Bukavu
Deaths and injuries reported after explosions at rally attended by thousands in city captured by rebel group Several people have been killed and dozens more...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city
Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms fall to militia group M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the...
