Congo’s artistes seized the moment. Papa Wemba, despite a 2003 scandal involving a human trafficking ring in France, staged triumphant concerts like M’Zée Fula Ngenge. Koffi Olomidé ruled the airwaves ...

Here’s what our family in Scotland had for dinner from 20th to 26th January — real meals, made with everyday UK groceries, on ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

A solar minigrid by Nuru is powering homes, water, and hope in Goma, Congo — bringing light, safety, and economic growth ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...

The withdrawal of South African troops from Goma has revealed troubling reports of stranded soldiers and a lack of transparency from the SANDF.

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can also govern.

DRC foreign minister says M23 rebels and Rwandan troops will have to leave Goma before SADC troops withdraw.

On Jan. 27, 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fell into the hands of M23 rebels who are supported by the Rwandan army. The ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — “I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group. I saw how a whole family ...

Canada has withdrawn its military officers from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo, citing the “increasingly perilous security conditions” in the rebel-held city of Goma ...