The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with advancing Rwandan-backed rebels.
Kokoko! make incandescent get-down music from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The city has long been a musical hotbed, nurturing pan-African jazz and giving birth to Congolese rumba—both of which are designed to get people pumped and moving.
Urwanda rwimye agaciro ibihano vyafashwe na Leta zunze Ubumwe za Amerika kuri umwe mu bategetsi barwo, ruvuga ko ata gaciro bifise kandi ata ngaruka bizogira. Ariko leta ya Kinshasa irabishima
The Rwandan-backed M23 took control of the provincial capital Bukavu over a week ago, after capturing Goma, the capital of North Kivu and the main city in the country's east, late last month.
Originally from the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, which is under attack from the M23 rebels and their Rwandan supporters, the president of the national assembly, Vital Kamerhe, promotes dialogue to restore peace.
Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending most direct bilateral aid to Rwanda over an
The beheaded bodies of 70 Christians were found in a Protestant church in North Kivu Province in the Congo around Feb. 15, several religious freedom advocates said, blaming the extremist Allied Democratic Forces.
International sanctions against Rwanda will reduce the incentive for Kinshasa to engage in peace talks with M23 rebels who have made lightning advances in eastern Congo this year, a proscribed Rwandan minister has said.
Congolese troops are under pressure on multiple fronts. The town of Minembwe in the mountains of South Kivu and its airfield were captured on Friday by a Tutsi militia allegedly a
R ulers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rarely, if ever, fully controlled the east of Africa’s second-largest country. Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi,
As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continue their advance into eastern Congo’s South Kivu province, the wives of missing Congolese soldiers are left with more questions than answers, living in precarious conditions.