As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, taking a first step toward peace, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, telling them he…
Read more FACT FOCUS: With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he’s ended eight wars. His numbers are offA BRITISH citizen has been captured and an American man killed after an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Six people died after an armed militia…
Read more Brit captured & American among 6 killed in failed coup in CongoHE used to claim he was the “Hardest Geezer” in the Sussex seaside town of Worthing. Now Russ Cook has proved he is the hardest geezer in the…
Read more I was kidnapped by machete-wielding tribesman but still ran length of AfricaGlobal wars are raging with major powers in the East and West often arming opposing sides. Wars are raging around the world, and many conflicts are pitting East…
Read more Could today’s global conflicts bring World War III closer?The Congolese president made a landslide victory in December elections highly contested by opposition candidates. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn in…
Read more DR Congo’s President Tshisekedi sworn in for second term amid disputesIn first phase of the withdrawal, about 2,000 UN troops will leave the restive eastern areas by the end of April. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the…
Read more UN says all peacekeepers will leave DR Congo by end of 2024Western governments call for restraint amid fears of a repeat of violence that has followed past elections. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) presidential election is facing…
Read more DR Congo’s Katumbi calls for election to be annulled as protests plannedThe agreement is reached after the DRC signed a 25-year contract in December with a UAE firm over export rights for artisanally mined ores. The United Arab Emirates…
Read more UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR CongoHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A human rights advocacy group says it found allegations of dozens of labor and environmental abuses by Chinese-invested companies involved in mining or processing…
Read more Rights group reports allegations of dozens of abuses in critical minerals supply chainsFrom: UpFront The DRC’s Minister of Communications, Patrick Muyaya, on the fighting in his country and Rwanda’s role in the conflict. Continuing fighting in the resource-rich Democratic Republic…
Read more The cost of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war with M23The call came after leaders of the East African Community held a summit in Burundi on Saturday. East African regional leaders have renewed their call for an immediate…
Read more East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR CongoKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence” against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and…
Read more Pope consoles Congolese victims: ‘Your pain is my pain’The 86-year-old Francis says a ‘forgotten genocide’ is under way in the DRC as he begins his trip to two African nations. Pope Francis has demanded that foreign…
Read more Pope slams foreign plundering of Africa as he arrives in DR CongoPope Francis’ trip to the DRC is the first papal visit since John Paul II travelled there in 1985. Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of the…
Read more Map: Which countries has Pope Francis visited?The ADF, a central African affiliate of ISIL, is one of the deadliest armed groups in eastern DRC. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF urged on Friday for…
Read more UNICEF urges release of 13 kidnapped children in eastern DRCThe M23 rebels have seized areas of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province in a rapid onslaught since May. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
Read more UN condemns M23 rebel offensive on DRC town as hundreds fleeThe rebels have been accused of flouting a ceasefire and making withdrawals critics consider to be mainly ceremonial. Police have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the…
Read more DRC police disperse protest against slow M23 rebel pullbackAttack took place during a Sunday service in the eastern city of Kasindi, the army said. At least five people have been killed and 15 others wounded in…
Read more Several killed in DR Congo church bomb attackUNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo with an eye to its eventual exit, and to lift a…
Read more UN extends Congo peacekeeping force with an eye to its exitBENI, Congo — Kavira Mathe was making dinner for her two sons when bullets began flying. Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels had attacked her village, killing scores of civilians.…
Read more ‘Tired of this war’: Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence
