The rebels swept through large chunks of eastern DRC, claiming a revolution, before entering Goma – the capital of North Kivu province – in January 2025, seizing the city from the Congolese army and ...

Rubaya, in North Kivu, holds several thousand metric tons of coltan with tantalum concentrations of 20–40%. It accounts for around ⁠15% ⁠of the world’s coltan output, all dug ⁠manually by impoverished ...

The AFC/M23 rebel leader in the DRC claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Kisangani's airport, describing it as a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been plagued by years of violence and conflict, especially in the eastern region, where the M23 rebel group has been a major threat to peace and stability.

The United Nations has welcomed signs of progress in talks aimed at reducing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of ...

Vivian van de Perre, acting head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), met with leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group in Goma on Friday to discuss a ceasefire ...

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will conduct reconnaissance flights in Uvira to support a ...

M23 rebels guard a unit of surrendering Congolese military soldiers in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo [File: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images] The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Congolese civilians visit a market in Uvira as calm returns after clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on December 15, 2025 ...

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Alliance Fleuve Congo / March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) rebels have signed a mandate in Doha, Qatar, marking a new step in the ongoing peace ...

Following its takeover of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels signalled they were closing in on the key city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. On 30 January, ...