The Latest Breaking News from Congo

UN peacekeepers find mass graves in eastern Congo

Mass graves containing 49 bodies have been discovered in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Thursday, attributing the killings to an ethnic militia group.

Reuters · Jan 19, 2023

Tear gas fired at Congo protesters opposing foreign troops

Police in eastern Congo have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting the arrival of foreign troops

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Congo police scatter protesters denouncing slow M23 rebel pullback

Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday who were calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

Congo's army says church bomb kills 10, extremists suspected

Congo's army says a suspected extremist attack at a church in the country's east killed at least 10 people and wounded more than three dozen

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023

Exeter’s Christ Tshiunza: ‘Sport doesn’t have a language. It helped me connect with people’

The Exeter and Wales forward played rugby to make friends after his family fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo – now he is targeting a World Cup place

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023

Mining and armed conflict threaten eastern DRC’s biodiversity in a complex web

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened species, such as the okapi, forest elephant and mountain gorilla. They are also part of the Congo Basin rainforest, which is a crucial line of…

The Conversation · Jan 13, 2023

Congo M23 rebels hand back army base amid suspected ceasefire breaches elsewhere

Congo's M23 rebel group on Friday began a phased withdrawal from an occupied army and U.N. base in eastern North Kivu province, part of a ceasefire brokered by regional leaders that analysts suspect is being breached in other parts of the country.

Reuters · Jan 6, 2023

U.N. internal report flags east Congo rebels flouting ceasefire and withdrawal deal

United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the armed group has seized ground in other areas, internal U.N. documents showed on Thursday.

Reuters · Jan 5, 2023

Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space

Rwanda's government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year.

Reuters · Dec 28, 2022

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN

The accounts are haunting

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022