The Latest Breaking News from DRC

In early 2025, the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group seized control of Goma and then Bukavu, two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

How the global wrangle for natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fuelling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises

The former leader is accused of allying with the rebel M23 group, active in the country’s east.

Joseph Kabila denies charges of treason and war crimes amid escalating tensions in volatile eastern provinces.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the senate to lift the immunity of former president Joseph Kabila, who has been accused of helping the armed rebel group M23 and has indicated he will return to the country.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, setting out a framework for a draft peace agreement to be discussed on 2 May.

In the last two weeks of February, humanitarian agencies reported 895 cases of conflict-related rape as M23 rebels advanced through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees official, this was an average of more than 60 rapes a day.

US brings two countries’ foreign ministers together and voices an interest in investment in the DRC’s mineral-rich east.

Both sides say they have resolved to end conflict through peaceful means after ‘frank’ talks facilitated by Qatar

Tough negotiations are expected to resume in Qatar in the coming weeks for a broader peace deal.

Africa, with its huge Catholic population, featured prominently on Pope Francis’s agenda.