11 hours ago · The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.

10 hours ago · The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to “continue the march of liberation” to the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.. The group’s capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, is a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen decades of conflict involving multiple armed ...

2 days ago · Protesters set fires and looted foreign embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, amid anger at foreign allies over what many see as failure to stop an assault by M23, a ...

18 hours ago · Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of waging the offensive to profit from the region's mineral wealth - a claim backed by UN experts who say Kigali has thousands of troops in its neighbour and "de facto control" over the M23. Rwanda has denied the accusations.

1 day ago · Congolese forces were losing control of the city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed by Rwanda took over the airport and shared plans to set up a new administration. ... People protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, against the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels’ advances into eastern Congo’s capital ...

2 days ago · In Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, anti-Rwanda protesters attacked several foreign embassies and a United Nations building in an eruption of anger at Congo’s allies for failing to stop ...

2 days ago · In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres west of Goma, protesters attacked a United Nations compound and embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing ...

3 days ago · Protesters rally behind Congolese president in Kinshasa as others flee violence to Rwanda. Anti-Rwandan protests broke out in Kinshasa Tuesday morning, as rebels battled Congolese forces in the key eastern city of Goma. Rwanda has accepted over 1,200 refugees fleeing the fighting, according to a government official on the border. ...

2 days ago · 1994: During the genocide, more than a million people of the Hutu ethnic group, including many genocidaires, fled Rwanda for eastern Congo, then called Zaire. The eastern part of the country was ...

Feb 22, 2024 · Experts say it points to worsening relations between Kigali and Kinshasa. Intense fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels is exacerbating the security crisis in eastern DR Congo.