Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group are ‘moving in the right direction’, a diplomatic source told AFP as negotiations continue between the ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

When MONUSCO's helicopter landed in Goma, emotions ran high. For Bintou Keita, Head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC, this return to a city deeply affected by conflict carried strong symbolic ...

A solar minigrid by Nuru is powering homes, water, and hope in Goma, Congo — bringing light, safety, and economic growth ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s estimate that nearly 3,000 people died during the fighting. They say ...

On Jan. 27, 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fell into the hands of M23 rebels who are supported by the Rwandan army.

Image courtesy of MONUSCO Photos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0). The next day, Jan. 27, the M23 announced that Goma, the capital of North Kivu, fell to the armed group.