Al Jazeera on MSN11h
UN agency calls for urgent aid as conflict drives refugees from DR Congo
Funding is desperately needed to feed a wave of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
CNN on MSN11d
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Darkuna is a pseudonym for the teenager, who provided this testimony to the United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF via a ...
The Independent3d
M23 cancels meeting with UN group of experts
KINSHASA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have cancelled a discussion with a United Nations (UN) group of experts amidst continuous fighting with Armed Forces of Democratic ...
Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
The New Humanitarian5d
After the fall of Goma and Bukavu, where is DR Congo’s M23 war headed?
Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...
Millions of migrants and hundreds of staff impacted by US and other aid cuts, UN agency says
The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an ...
The Africa Report13d
Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
Global Voices6d
DRC: The forgotten victims of the conflict in Goma
In Goma, families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will ...
The Boston Globe25d
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling.
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured ... who were already displaced by the conflict had fled once again, the UN said. Despite M23’s promises to restart economic activities, commercial ...
Daily Express1mon
I live in African city held hostage by M23 rebels - I'm too scared to go to supermarket
The M23 rebel group was formed in 2012, the same year it took over Goma. A United Nations report found that Rwanda is behind the military group and the UN Security Council encouraged sanctions ...
CBC.ca29d
At least 7,000 have died in Congo this year, country's PM tells UN's human rights council
UN chief Antonio Guterres ... The M23 earlier seized the city of Goma, and the unrest in Congo is raising fears of wider, regional fighting. (Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images) Musavuli said that ...
DRC's Goma, after the M23 attack: A city at a standstill, cut off from the world
The economy of the capital of the North Kivu province, has ground to a halt after being seized by the rebel movement and its Rwandan allies in late January, due to the airport's closure and paralysis ...