Tag: Congo conflict

UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo warns of wave of attacks in east

May 9, 2026 admin

Demonstrators protest against military attacks on the Banyamulenge people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the Capitol in Washington. File | Photo Credit: AP The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo warned on Saturday (May 9, 2026) of a “deadly” wave of attacks in the country’s restive east targeting civilians. “Dozens…

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In DR Congo, M23 militia takes root as diplomacy stalls

October 6, 2025 admin

While a peace deal is proving slow to take effect on the ground, the M23 armed group is consolidating its political and economic hold on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It has begun recruiting officials and imposing taxes, as well as training judges, soldiers, and police, in a bid to create parallel administrative…

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Majority of Indian nationals in Goma have moved to safety: MEA

January 31, 2025 admin

Congolese Major-General Somo Kakule Evariste walks as he arrives to assume office as the new military governor of the conflict-hit North Kivu province amid tensions following clashes in Goma between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo January 31, 2025. | Photo…

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Nine South African soldiers killed as eastern Congo conflict escalates

January 25, 2025 admin

Members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) ride on a pickup truck as they secure the evacuation of non-essential UN staff, following the fight between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic…

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