This week, we discuss how the African Union can assist with an International Crisis Group expert and address ... conflict that has torn apart eastern DRC for more than three decades.

This forgotten crisis has seen renewed violence for several months, as the M23 made advances. The DRC accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels to plunder Congolese natural resources like coltan.

The major actors are as below. Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) M23 is an armed group operating in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with backing from the Rwandan government ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is back in the spotlight after the M23 militia, backed by eastern neighbour Rwanda, captured the mineral-rich city of Goma, which lies on the ...

The EU’s statement treats hate speech as an abstract concept rather than a ... the EU would have solved the DRC crisis years ago. But since reality requires more than just well-phrased ...

The Humanitarian crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, has taken a new turn for the worse with reports of executions of children and widespread sexual violence in the region.

How has the climate crisis impacted the DRC? The DRC is ranked 5th in the world of countries most vulnerable to climate change in terms of their adaptive capacity, according to the ND-GAIN index. The ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

"His management is one of the causes of the current crisis," said opposition figure ... the situation in the DRC had deteriorated to the point at which it was "close to imploding," he added.

Image by John Cannon/Mongabay. In attempts to address the mineral-related aspects of the crisis, the DRC has filed charges in Belgium and France against U.S.-based Apple for sourcing conflict ...

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Friday that the conflict in the DRC could spiral into a broader regional crisis. "The potential for regional spillover ...

This is despite repeated United Nations reports outlining his government’s funding for the M23 rebels — who have in the past month captured three major DRC cities and annexed massive territory ...