Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step closer […]
Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo’s Goma and push south for further gains

Reuters The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to assert their control over east Congo’s largest city Goma. The Rwandan-backed insurgents’ seizure of Goma this week and ongoing offensive southwards are the biggest […]
Congo’s M23 rebels move south towards Bukavu in new push after Goma seizure

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo were moving south on Wednesday towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what appeared to be an attempt to expand their area of control in the country’s east after capturing the city of Goma. M23 forces were advancing south […]
Seventy-eight drown after boat capsizes in Congo’s Lake Kivu, provincial governor says

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said. Relatives sobbed on shore as victims were placed in body bags and carried away, a Reuters witness said, and video footage shared […]
Congolese city Goma under threat as thousands flee rebel advance

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters A rocket landed near a university in the Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday as thousands of civilians fled a fresh advance by M23 rebels that threatens to isolate the city of around two million people. There were no casualties from the strike, which blasted a crater into open […]
Broken promises drive exiled hunter-gatherers back to Congolese gorilla refuge

Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters In the forested borderlands of eastern Congo, some members of an exiled hunter-gatherer community plan to move back into their ancestral land in a national park in protest over broken promises from the authorities they say put rare gorillas over their rights. An estimated 10,000 Indigenous Batwa live […]
Congo Red Cross halts search for hundreds of flood victims

Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The Congolese Red Cross has suspended its search for hundreds of victims of recent deadly floods in eastern Congo as it lacks the machinery needed to dig through metres of mud and debris, its local representative said on Tuesday. Red Cross teams have been searching for bodies since early […]
Thousands still missing as Congo flood survivors search for relatives

Nyamukubi, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The death toll from flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo crept higher on Tuesday as aid workers found more bodies among the muddy devastation and wounded residents succumbed to their injuries in an underequipped local clinic. The floods, in a remote, mountainous area of South Kivu province, ripped […]
Congo flood survivors mourn lost relatives as death toll rises above 400

Bushushu, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Dead bodies were still being recovered on Monday from two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where floods killed more than 400 people last week in one of the country’s deadliest disasters in recent history. Many dazed survivors were mourning multiple family members killed in the flash floods […]
Ebola spread to new Congo area shows flawed response – aid workers

Dakar, Senegal Thomson Reuters Foundation Ebola’s spread to a new part of Democratic Republic of Congo is a disturbing sign that health workers are failing to keep track of high-risk people on the move, aid agencies said on Friday. A woman and her child were confirmed to be the first two Ebola cases in Congo’s […]