La Croix7d
DR Congo: After fall of Goma, Pope Francis calls for prayers for North Kivu
North Kivu was among the war-torn regions Pope Francis entrusted to the prayers of the faithful during his Sunday Angelus ...
The Mirror3d
DR Congo prison break horror saw 168 women raped and buildings set on fire to kill children
Over 160 women have been raped and children killed in fires after a prison break in war-torn DR Congo, the the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said. Inmates escaped the ...
CNN6d
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
Previous interventions, including truce agreements, failed to cease hostilities. DR Congo’s military spokesperson, General Sylvain Ekenge, told CNN Tuesday that the rebels’ call for a ceasefir ...
Voice of America8d
DR Congo: Near Goma, displaced people begin long journey home
Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, looked eerily empty Sunday.
CNN4d
Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
Vivian van de Perre, deputy head of the UN mission in DR Congo, said Wednesday that “so far 2,000 bodies have been collected from the Goma streets in recent days, and 900 bodies remain in the ...
Al Jazeera English2d
DR Congo summit directs army chiefs to enforce ceasefire
A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and ...
BBC2d
African summit urges immediate DR Congo ceasefire
The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.