North Kivu
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The fall of Uvira is a turning point in the DRC conflict
The city’s capture by M23 means neighbouring Burundi, an ally of the DRC government, now shares a border with an area controlled by the rebels, escalating the risk of…
Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa urge DRC’s Tshisekedi to drop Kabila charges
Sources said Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa discussed Kabila’s predicament in Zimbabwe in August and agreed that the treason charges were not fair
Former DRC leader Joseph Kabila’s treason verdict postponed as new evidence emerges
Kabila, who has been living in exile since late 2023, faces charges including treason, complicity with M23 rebels, crimes against humanity and corruption
Mbeki throws diplomatic hot potato at government over M23 invitation
The international relations department was not aware of the rebels’ presence in South Africa
M23 to attend peace conference, but DRC government boycotting
Opposition officials in the DRC have accused the government of blocking their attempts to travel to the forum hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Displaced again: People flee fear, hunger as violence grips eastern DRC
Urgent diplomatic interventions are needed as the second largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo falls to M23
‘Living in fear’ in relentless battle for east DRC
The conflict has raged between rebels of the March 23 Movement and Congolese armed forces since late 2021
Ahead of DR Congo vote, people in volatile east feel abandoned
Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s
UN force deployed for ‘Operation Springbok’ to save DRC civilians
Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army
In DRC camps, women face stark choice: hunger or rape
Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels
Don’t revive Leopold’s ghost or legitimise DRC’s president, Felix Tshisekedi
Like King Leopold II, Tshisekedi has enriched himself through stealing power and suppressing democracy. Belgium’s monarch should stand with Congolese, not the colonial past
The DRC’s surrendered rebels are left in limbo
Former Democratic Republic of the Congo militia fighters housed in sordid conditions, such as at camp Mubambiro, are protesting their living conditions
DRC’s former child soldiers face tough return to civilian life
Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years
Volcano evacuation order sparks mass exodus in DRC
Tens of thousands of residents fled Goma last weekend after Nyiragongo erupted on Saturday night — many across the nearby border to Rwanda — before returning.
West Africa readies for Ebola battle
Guinea is fighting the virus with a vaccine used in the DRC, while their neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia increase border surveillance