A year on from the invasion of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, the Rt Revd Martin ...

A new watchdog report exposes how conflict and impunity in eastern Congo have turned journalism into a life-threatening profession, hollowing out public access to information. This statement was ...

At least 60 people have been killed while attending a funeral in the conflict-ridden eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in an ISIL (ISIS)-affiliated group attack carried out ...

Rwanda's military dominance in the Great Lakes Region deters countries from sending troops to help stabilise eastern DRC.In early December 2025, the M23-Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) coalition, ...

As fighting between the Congolese army coalition and the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels edges closer to Uvira, the strategically placed lakeside city has become the hinge on which, analysts warn, the ...

Qatar's chief negotiator Mohammed al-Khulaifi (C) observes as Sumbu Sita Mambu (L), a high representative of the head of state in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and and Rwanda-backed armed ...

The UN Security Council authorised the deployment of a regional force, the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013 to prevent the expansion of armed ...

The United Nations suspects Roger Lumbala's militia of cannibalism and targeting ethnic pygmies - Copyright AFP/File ISAAC KASAMANI The United Nations suspects Roger ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been called “the worst place on earth to be a woman” and “the rape capital of the world”. A 2014 survey estimated that 22% of women and 10% of men had ...

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Maiko National Park, a few committed rangers have succeeded in protecting gorillas, elephants and other animals from the surrounding fighting. RFI spoke to ...