About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent days, the United Nations says, as Rwanda-backed rebels swarm a strategic town just days after ...

Neighboring Burundi closed the border as rebels entered the city. M23 fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched the latest advance amid the signing of a ...

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The M23 armed group says it has agreed to a request from the United States to withdraw from the key town of Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after seizing it last week.

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The fall of Uvira, the second largest city in South Kivu province, to the Rwandan-backed armed group March 23 Movement (M23) on 10 December must catalyse the European Union (EU) and its member states’ ...

The M23 rebels on Wednesday seized Uvira in South Kivu province, a strategic city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that had served as the primary stronghold for government coalition forces ...

The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of fueling instability and war as a Rwanda-backed advance of the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to derail US President ...

A street in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 9, 2025. - / AFP Residents of Uvira, in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), barely had time to celebrate the lavish ...

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WASHINGTON - Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said Saturday that Rwanda had clearly violated the peace agreement it signed with the Democratic Republic of Congo last week in Washington and vowed ...

Christabelle, a 10-year-old Congolese girl, said she was raped alongside her mother by M23 insurgents in February. The child passed out and awoke in excruciating pain. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana ...