On July 31, 2025, International African Women's Day, the BiEster Foundation, in collaboration with MONUSCO's gender section, organized a capacity-building workshop for about thirty women from various ...

Six months ago, the M23 rebel group seized Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the time since, local activists and satellite images compiled by Mongabay ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo’s Ituri province when rebels stormed a Catholic ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in ...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason ...

Fr Francesco Tedeschi, the man campaigning for Kositi to become a Catholic saint, told the BBC his "mafia-style" murder was ...

Ceasefire agreement signed in Qatar is in name only as Kigali-backed M23 and militia allied to Kinshasa clash in eastern ...

Insecurity has been replaced by mistrust and paranoia, it’s hard to know who poses danger. But, residents say they are ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world's most mineral-rich territories.

Dozens of military widows from the eastern Congolese city of Goma have fled to Beni following the capture of their hometown ...