Browsing: DRC

South Africans are demanding their defence minister’s head roll – after 13 of the country’s soldiers deployed to DRC were killed amid allegations they were ill-equipped…

Rwanda’s minister of foreign affairs has argued at the UN Security Council that branding the Kigali-backed M23 rebels fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo terrorists…

All eyes on Congo! That’s the message from African Stream Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo (@ahmedkaballo on X) as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group intensifies its destructive campaign…

With Goma in east DRC now surrounded by Rwanda-backed rebels after the fall of Sake on Thursday, videos emerged online of what‘s claimed to be UN…

Focus Congo activist Pappy Orion has made a heartfelt appeal for people to pray for DRC, and to help however possible. His message was posted on…

Widespread debate broke out across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the world when Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba announced on 5 January that…

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Minova, a vital trading centre situated just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Goma, the capital of war-torn North Kivu…

Some progress in the fight to hold Apple to account over its alleged use of DRC conflict minerals – a magistrate’s been appointed to look into…

The US-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the DRC and the country’s independence hero, took place 64 years ago today, on 17…

The M23 (March 23) rebel group is among 100-plus militias vying for control in DRC’s mineral-rich east. Not only does it boast the most troops and…