The rebels swept through large chunks of eastern DRC, claiming a revolution, before entering Goma – the capital of North Kivu province – in January 2025, seizing the city from the Congolese army and ...

Several months before Goma fell to AFC/M23, in January 2025, the city experienced an intensive over-militarization. There were more than 22,000 of the Congolese government’s sponsored militia known as ...

MORE than a year after M23 militants stormed into Goma, the rebel group still controls the main city in eastern Congo and is ...

Security has improved in some areas too. Residents say the so-called "40 thieves" phenomenon - named after the folktale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - that plagued Goma with night-time house ...

History shows that good intentions do not guarantee positive outcomes. As American writer and philosopher Suzy Kassem once wrote: “To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of ...

The EU's crisis commissioner Hadja Lahbib has made a three-day visit to eastern DR Congo and Burundi this week, to see for herself the scale of the refugee crisis.

Fighting between the Congolese army and the paramilitary AFC-M23 has resumed in eastern DRC, despite the ceasefire proposed ...

The global race for technological supremacy now runs on cobalt, lithium, rare earths, and coltan – the minerals that make ...

A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interest in Congolese resources could help propel the peace process.

European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib issued her warning over the eastern DRC ...

A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interests in Congolese resources could help push the peace process.

Last week’s Munich Security Conference clearly signalled that Africa needs security alliances beyond its traditional partners. The peripheralisation of Africa was again evident at last week’s Munich ...