The Conversation11d
DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green
Brandon Marc Finn has received funding from the University of Michigan and Harvard University to conduct this research. Patrick Brandful Cobbinah has received research funding from the Lincoln ...
Independent Online7d
Ruto urges immediate ceasefire in DRC amid ongoing conflict
An urgent summit being held in Tanzania on the recent developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is under way where African leaders are trying to find solutions to bring peace to the ...
Independent Online8d
DRC conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group were threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday as the United Nations warned the risk of violence spreading regionally ...
The Straits Times7d
Threat of disease in DRC "multiplied" by conflict, WHO says
Fighting between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces has exacerbated an already "dire situation" for millions of people, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO representative for the DRC ...
Al Jazeera English8d
UN warns against regional spread of DR Congo conflict
The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...
ISS8d
Eastern DRC: unpacking the difficult task of regional diplomacy
On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province. The city’s capture and M23’s advances ...
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DRC conflict: African nations seek solution under strain
Days after the East African Community (EAC) met over the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC ...
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DRC crisis: What does it mean for South Africa?
In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement successfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps ...
The Africa Report8d
M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh DRC offensive
Kagame and his DRC counterpart Félix Tshisekedi are due to attend a summit of the eight-country East African Community and 16-member Southern African Development Community in the Tanzanian city of Dar ...
Radio France Internationale5d
African leaders await response to call for ceasefire in eastern DRC
In the prelude to the summit, M23 fighters took Goma, the biggest city of eastern DRC and capital of North Kivu province. They have continued to push into neighbouring South Kivu. At least 3,000 ...
EWN Sport7d
Repatriation of 14 SA soldiers killed in DRC underway
JOHANNESBURG - Pretoria is preparing to receive the bodies of 14 South African soldiers killed while on a peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fallen ...