Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.

Mu itangazo, Human Rights Watch ivuga ko abaturage babarirwa mu bihumbi bahatiwe n'umutwe wa M23 kuva mu nkambi bari bahungiyemo kandi bakorewe ibyaha by'ubugome

People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by M23 rebels in Goma

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by

The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with advancing Rwandan-backed rebels.

Amategeko mpuzamakungu agenga n'imigwi igwanira mu buseruko bwa Congo, arabuza ko abasivire birukanwa aho bari kiretse ari ku mpamvu y'umutekano wabo canke za gisirikare.

The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of disaster.

Aid groups in Goma say their response to the city’s capture by M23 rebels and Rwandan troops late last month is being hampered by insecurity and funding cuts, as uncertainty also grows around how they will work under a new rebel administration.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that about 1 million people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 from Goma city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) seized by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels.

The crucial ferries were suspended for several days due to fierce fighting between the army and M23 rebels in the region.

Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.