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More than 400 civilians have been killed since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group escalated its offensive in the South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, regional officials said, adding that Rwandan special forces were in the strategic city of Uvira. “More than 413 civilians (have...

A bomb explosion killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following a dispute between the Congolese army and a pro-government militia, despite a deal signed in Washington and touted as a major step toward peace in the country. Residents and civil...

United States President Donald Trump has hosted the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to sign a peace deal that could end the conflict between the two countries. Although the violence on the ground has not stopped, Trump hailed the U.S.-brokered deal on Thursday as a new...

An attack on a village in western Democratic Republic of Congo left 14 people dead, a military official said Monday, as violence over land ownership between rival communities has intensified. The attack took place during the early hours of Sunday in the village of Nkana, around 75 kilometers...

An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed 89 people during attacks on multiple villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country said Friday. In the village of Byambwe, around 60 kilometers west of the town of Lubero, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)...

The number of people facing emergency levels of hunger in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly doubled since last year, the United Nations has warned. The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday a “deepening hunger crisis” was unfolding in the region, but warned it was only able...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia. Lieutenant General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi, who presided over the military tribunal, said on Tuesday that Kabila was convicted of various crimes, including treason...

The death toll from two attacks on civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by an Islamic State-affiliated rebel group has risen to 89, Congolese authorities said. Officials said late Tuesday that 71 people were killed at a funeral in Nyoto on Monday, and 18 others were killed in Beni...

Unarmed protesters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who accused a military officer of supporting Rwanda-backed rebels became the targets of gunfire Monday that left at least three people dead, witnesses and the regional governor said. Witnesses belonging to a militia and a civil society...

Gross rights violations, possibly including war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been committed by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia and the Congolese military and its affiliates in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to United Nations investigators. A fact-finding mission...