Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

Burundian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC that men were not being allowed over the border and were being told to remain in Uvira to defend the city from the M23.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news ...

The 2026 men’s World Cup is still more than a year away, but in March of 2025, its field of 48 teams began to take shape.

Armed men in military uniforms stormed the bishop’s residence in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Feb. 20, amid ongoing insecurity following clashes between a militia allied with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who ...

Rwanda severed diplomatic ties on Monday with its former colonial ruler, Belgium, which has been pushing to penalize Rwanda over its invasion of the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United Nations said Monday. M23 fighters raided ...

In Africa, a jam-packed March window of World Cup qualifiers began with several giants in peril. It ended with a more ...

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United ...