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Why rebels have seized two cities in troubled DR Congo

Here’s how we got here, and whether this could escalate further

The Independent UK

'So Happy': Relief As Boats Resume On DR Congo's War-torn Lake Kivu

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ports for weeks after fighting disrupted the service.

International Business Times

UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid

The Independent UK

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Hunger-strike mother calling for release of son from Cairo to stop No 10 visits

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 142 days as of Tuesday, in protest at her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s continued imprisonment in Cairo.

Evening Standard

UN calls for calm as violence flares in South Sudan

Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says.

Al Jazeera

Mayotte mayors suspend distribution of food aid amid reports of misappropriation

Mayors on the French overseas territory of Mayotte have suspended their involvement in distributing food and water following reports by Le Monde daily that it was being diverted. They had taken charge of distributing much-needed state aid in the wake of the devastating Cyclone Chido.

Radio France Internationale

Survivors Recount Horrific RSF Attack On Famine-hit Sudan Camp

Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan's Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a "killing field".

International Business Times

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DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east

M23 rebels pledge to restore security in Bukavu as an escalation in fighting fans fears of an all-out regional war.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda-backed rebels tighten their grip on a major city in eastern Congo

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

Goma is threatened by conflict and a volcano: we’ve created a handbook to help hotspots like these

The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was taken over by the M23 rebel group in January 2025. This was a tragic escalation of a decades-long conflict that’s led to mass displacement and deaths.

The Conversation

UN judge deceived woman to work as slave while studying for law PhD, court told

Lydia Mugambe is accused of preventing the young Ugandan woman from holding down steady employment due to forced unpaid work.

Evening Standard

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

Al Jazeera

Trump's Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency

"It's dramatic in many countries," UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told AFP. "I need to sound the alarm so that it's very clear that this is a big part (of AIDS relief funding). If it goes away, people are going to die."

Latin Times

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city

Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms fall to militia group

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The Independent UK

M23 rebels make unprecedented move in east Congo

The rebels have seized a government office, amid celebratory scenes

The Guardian - UK

Young, old, refugees and returnees: thousands fleeing violence cross border into South Sudan

Makeshift hospitals and informal settlements deal with daily influx of those escaping the war in Sudan

The Independent UK

South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment

In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients

The Conversation

In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating

The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is a serious blow to the soft power of the United States and disastrous for many poor countries where it helps provide humanitarian, health and educational services.

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International Business Times

Trump's Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency

President Donald Trump's decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN's programme for the illness warned Sunday.

Evening Standard

Richard Ratcliffe: Government must act fast to help British couple held in Iran

Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been detained in the Middle Eastern country, which previously held Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for six years.

International Business Times

M23 Seize Key City Amid Mounting Fears Of DR Congo Breakup

Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up.

The Independent UK

UK's Starmer tells hunger-striking mum he will press Egypt to release her son

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son

Evening Standard

PM vows to help hunger strike mother to secure release of British-Egyptian son

Laila Soueif has been subsisting solely on black coffee, restorative salts and herbal tea.

The Independent UK

Rwanda-backed rebels reach the center of east Congo’s 2nd major city in an unprecedented expansion

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office

Al Jazeera

DR Congo’s M23 rebels enter centre of strategic city Bukavu: Report

Local officials and witnesses report seeing rebels enter the eastern DRC’s second largest city after a rapid advance.

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