Daily Maverick on MSN1h
Goma ‘fiasco’ — deal to bring SA and SADC troops home hits a snag
The promising agreement between SADC and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday to facilitate the “immediate withdrawal” of ...
IJNet5d
Amid conflict, journalists in the DRC contend with threats to independent media
When journalist Philip Mayifilua* discussed press freedom challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... left Goma, accompanying her cousin who needed medical treatment, on a bus to Burundi via ...
AllAfrica.com5d
Rwanda: Minova Residents Rebuild Their Lives After Defeat of Burundian 'Invaders'
A major trading hub connecting North and South Kivu provinces, Minova is renowned for fertile soils and was a major source of supplies to Goma - through Lake ... could see Rwanda's border ...
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The untold environmental toll of the DRC’s conflict
The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn’t just ... by newly constructed ports on Lake Kivu. Armed groups have long profited from the region’s natural wealth. The Democratic Forces for the ...
Reuters on MSN6d
Renewed fighting in eastern Congo as neighbours try to revive peace process
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo battled militiamen allied with ... In North Kivu, a second ...
Rwanda and Belgium are at odds over the DRC: what’s led to the latest low point
Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.
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Rwanda and DRC officials sit down for second round of talks as M23 meets mediators
Qatar has hosted a second round of talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Qatari mediators also met separately with representatives of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.
Rebels agree to a ceasefire with African coalition troops departing from eastern Congo
M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...