Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

02/08/2025 February 8, 2025 The Rwanda-backed M23 militia is closing in on the town of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and pushing into the South Kivu province. More than 2 ...

Almost 3,000 people have been killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has said. Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders starting on Friday to discuss the conflict in its east ...

Members of M23 rebel patrol on the street of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Brian Inganga/AP) The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the ...

The M23 rebels last week captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst escalation of fighting in more than a decade that has left thousands dead. Despite ...

gang rape and sexual slavery in the wake of a major M23 advance in late January that lead to the capture of east Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city of Goma. M23 fighters, Congolese ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

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Fifa has suspended Congo-Brazzaville from the international game because of third-party interference in the affairs of the country's football association (Fecofoot). The sport's world governing ...

Feb 7 (Reuters) - FIFA has suspended the Congo Republic's football association ... after two FIFA/CAF missions were dispatched to Brazzaville," FIFA said in a statement. FIFA said the suspension ...