as Congo accused Rwanda of ignoring calls for a ceasefire. Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have scrambled to try to end the fighting. Clashes have continued despite their calls for a ...

Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in ...

The author of the attack is among the victims,” Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes the M23, told reporters. “There are 65 injured, six of whom are ...

The leaders of M23 have now vowed to march on Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa’s largest cities. The Congolese government has refused to sit down with M23 leaders or Rwanda ...

was named after the region of Guinea in West Africa because the gold used to produce it came from there. On opposite sides of the Congo River lie two countries named after it: the Democratic ...

M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...

Map locates Goma ... 99 percent of the vote in the last two presidential elections. Congo is the largest nation in sub-Saharan Africa. Much of it is remote and disconnected, and the state is ...

"I confirm that we entered Bukavu this evening, and tomorrow, we will continue with the operation to clean up the city," said Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes ...

Congo's forces are being supported in Bukavu by troops from Burundi and in Goma by troops from South Africa. Burundi's president ... The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups that ...