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Congolese forces killed 56 people in the city of Goma during a protest against the presence of UN and EAC armed forces in the region.

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Thursday his army’s operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Thursday his army’s operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than 560 members of the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, a group allied with Islamic State militants. Museveni also said he has asked the DRC army to deploy local militia to stop the ADF, a move…

“The last 20 years have taken their toll on our forests, with increased deforestation and the sale of our land by government decision-makers cutting us off from our main means of subsistence,” said Polydor Musafiri, an Indigenous Murega from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Musafiri’s community’s struggle for subsistence illustrates challenges that he and […]

Women and girls subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale with eight million people in urgent need of assistance.

After the anti-MONUSCO protests in July 2022 resulting in the death of four peacekeepers, the DRCongo government asked for “an accelerated implementation of MONUSCO’s transition plan.”

More than 40 people were killed after troops opened fire on protesters in Goma last week.

Peace seems out of reach and aid is in short supply.Displaced people criticise the government for not coming to their aid.

Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The sight of such machines is a rarity in Congo’s conflict-ridden eastern region, which is covered in muddy, potholed roads.