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The Standard1d
Uganda takes control of 2 DRC towns: army spokesman
The Ugandan army said Thursday it had taken control of the Democratic Republic of Congo towns of Kasenyi and Tchomia to ...
PC Tech Magazine2d
Starlink Beams in DRC, Expanding Footprint to 19 African Countries
The story of Starlink in the DRC is not just about internet access; it's a test case for bridging one of the planet's most ...
Global South World on MSN3d
Can the DRC’s new roadmap on small arms finally break the cycle of violence?
Unveiled during a forum in Kinshasa on Thursday, May 29, by the National Commission for the Control of Light and Small Arms ...
'Killing Is Part Of Their Life': The Men Raised On Violence Who Are Both Perpetrators And Victims As South Sudan Faces Return To Civil War
Some pseudonyms are used to protect the identities of interviewees. “I saw a lot of suffering.” The old man, Lokwi, gestures ...
Cfr.org1mon
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
Mail & Guardian2mon
Diplomats are booted as DRC conflict goes on
Belgium was responsible for the drafting of the haphazard map of the Great Lakes region ... The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has remained the epicentre of instability in the ...
Sky3mon
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize second major city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Image: Map of DRC showing Goma, Bukavu and Kinshasa Bukavu ... and its government frames the conflict between the DRC and M23 as the defence of ethnic Tutsis in the east of the country from ...
standardmedia.co.ke3mon
DRC fighting: Attack by ethnic militia kills 51
[AFP] An attack by a militia from the Lendu ethnic group has killed 51 people ... The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo tried to intervene to prevent the killings ...
Channel 4 News3mon
DRC civil war: M23 rebels and a decades long conflict
The war in eastern DRC is not about just one issue, it is a deadly mix of ethnic tensions, regional rivalries, resource exploitation, and global interference. Soldiers stand on guard in the Lubero ...
Vanguard4mon
Why Rwanda-backed M23 is involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis – Report
Rwanda’s involvement has been fueled by a combination of security concerns, ethnic ties, and regional influence. The relationship between Rwanda and the DRC has been profoundly shaped by ethnic ...
Daily Monitor4mon
Why the world must recognise M23’s fight for justice in DRC
Yet, while such headlines dominate the media, they often fail to address or delve into the root causes of the conflict involving the ethnic Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) and successive DRC ...
The New York Times4mon
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
or that his troops are in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He says M23 is simply defending the rights of Congo’s minority Tutsis — Mr. Kagame’s own ethnic group, which was the principal ...