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Taking Walikale gives the rebels control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo — North Kivu, South Kivu, Tshopo and Maniema — and effectively cutting off Congolese army positions. Dow ...

Termination of the SAMIDRC regional peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this month ...

Villages inhabited by unarmed Banyamulenge civilians were again targeted in attacks by the Congolese army and its Wazalendo allied militia in South Kivu Province, early Wednesday, March 19, according ...

and putting an end to the brutal violence being committed by the March 23 Movement in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu," the statement reads. The March 23 (M23) rebel movement was ...

According to UNICEF, the resurgence of conflict in the province of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced more than 850,000 people—nearly half of them ...

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - Talks to revive the Nord Stream gas pipelines to relaunch Russian gas flows to Germany would be "completely the wrong direction" to go, Germany's economy and energy ...

On the ground, fighting continues between the Congolese troops and AFC/M23 fighters. In Kabare territory, South Kivu, a clash between Wazalendo fighters and M23 elements was reported Friday in Cirunga ...

He was talking specifically about Berlin’s support for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline across the Baltic Sea that would double up Germany’s dependency on cheap Russian gas. Trump 2.0 seems to have ...

Boma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of D’idjwi Island in D’idjwi territory, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 on Thursday ...