Jan 30 Watch 6:49 Congo’s foreign minister describes unstable conditions as rebels seize territory By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. Amna Nawaz discussed more… Continue watching
Jan 30 Nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda as country declares first virus outbreak since 2022, health ministry says By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023… Continue reading
Jan 29 Rwanda-backed rebels attempt to expand control after capturing more towns in eastern Congo By Chinedu Asadu, Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Associated Press Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region. Continue reading
Jan 27 Thousands forced to flee fighting in Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels capture key city of Goma By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces. Continue reading
Jan 26 Congo’s M23 rebels say they have taken control of key eastern city as fighting kills peacekeepers By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Mark Banchereau, Associated Press Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.”… Continue reading
Oct 29 Congo wants UN peacekeepers to leave, but endless war complicates that By Sam Mednick, Ruth Alonga, Associated Press The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain it. Continue reading
Oct 05 Congo begins mpox vaccination rollout nearly two months after WHO declared global emergency By Ruth Alonga, Associated Press The 265,000 doses donated to Congo by the European Union and the U.S. were rolled out in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and health workers have been overstretched, struggling to contain the new and possibly more infectious… Continue reading
Oct 03 At least 78 dead after passenger boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo By Ruth Alonga, Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press A boat has capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people. Continue reading
Sep 26 Congo accuses Rwanda before an East Africa court of helping rebels fight Congolese forces By Sukhdev Chhatbar, Associated Press A regional court in East Africa opened proceedings on Thursday in a case filed by Congo against neighboring Rwanda, accusing it of violating Congo's sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help rebels in the country's east. Continue reading
Sep 13 Congo military court sentences 3 U.S. citizens and 34 others to death on coup charges By Jean-Yves Kamale, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press The U.S. State Department has not declared the three Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would try to negotiate their return. Continue reading