[Nile Post] The financial sanctions are expected to cripple the operations of the M23 with the US claiming the war in DR Congo was curtailing its investments in Rwanda, far cry from its recent foreign policy stance

[New Times] The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN troops (MONUSCO) who are supposed to be ...

[UN News] Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Rwandan High Commission in London has defended its security policies in response to a summons by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), citing existential threats from the Democratic Republic of...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government is considering evacuating Kenyans living and working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following an escalation of violent conflict in the eastern part of the country.

[New Times] A Russian envoy at the UN has condemned the silence by Western countries following the recent surrender of European mercenaries who were recruited by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the M23 rebels in the easter...

[MSF] A staff member from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu provin...

[State Department] The United States is sanctioning today two individuals and two entities linked to violence and human rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This action includes designation of Rwanda's Minister of State f...

[State Department] The United States is sanctioning today two individuals and two entities linked to violence and human rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This action includes designation of Rwanda's Minister of State fo...

[MSF] A staff member from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, on the morning of 20 February. A child who had sought r...

[U.S. Treasury] Washington, DC -- Specially Designated Nationals List Update

[MSF] Marcus Bachmann, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves.

[UN News] As the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international community's response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN's top aid official there urged all warring parties t...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rwanda has announced the suspension of its development cooperation with Belgium, accusing the European nation of leading efforts to block Kigali's access to international development financing.

[New Times] When a government official seems to spend more time in foreign press briefings in high end hotels and first-class flights than on the ground tackling domestic emergencies, it raises a fundamental question: Who is truly responsible for tha...

[New Times] Rwanda has responded to the British government claims regarding the security situation in DR Congo and allegations of Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) presence in the conflict-ridden country, noting that Rwanda will maintain defensive measures ...

[New Times] It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held territory. Rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka...

[IFRC] The Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Red Cross), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are gravely concerned by the dee...

[UN News] The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, including reported summary executions of children and generalised sexual violence.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Regional analysts are calling for the swift implementation of resolutions made at the recently concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia. The summit was dominated by discussions on escalating conflicts in the eastern Dem...

[MSF] Marcus Bachmann, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves.

[New Times] Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting against the M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, including a Burundian army officer and two U.N. officials, said on Tuesday, ac...

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "Sometimes you have the feeling that the poor are hopelessly lost," reports a Church source from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, which was taken by the M23 troops supported by the Rwandan army ...

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- The religious services in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), both in the Catholic parishes and in the Protestant communities of the Church of Christ in Congo (Église du Christ au Congo, ECC),...

[Africa Check] No, US military was not deployed to Congo to 'rescue' Marcel Malanga as viral videos claim

[UN News] The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend, repor...

[New Times] In the past few days, in the vast halls of diplomacy, an esteemed Foreign Minister from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) embarked on a critical mission. It was not to address her country's rampant corruption, its crumbling infr...

[Daily Trust] Some M23 fighters with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up.

[HRW] European Leaders Should Take Prompt Action against Warring Parties

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's briefing points to eight areas ...