Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year
3 months, 1 week ago

Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power, the aid group said Monday. Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence as more than 120 armed groups fight for power, land and valuable mineral resources while others try to defend their communities. Earlier this week, Human Rights Watch said both Rwanda and Congo’s army have killed displacement camp residents, committed rapes and obstructed aid. “While the massive presence of armed men in and around displacement sites explains this explosion of sexual violence, the inadequacy of the humanitarian response and the inhumane living conditions in these sites fuel the phenomenon,” Doctors Without Borders said in its report.

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Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo
1 month ago

Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson for the …

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks
1 month, 1 week ago

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks

Associated Press  

ARUSHA, Tanzania — East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart. A communique read at the end of the closed-door meeting of the East African Community in Arusha, …

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s government on Tuesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east. M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a rebel military group mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its …

13 killed, many kidnapped by extremist rebels in eastern Congo
1 month, 3 weeks ago

13 killed, many kidnapped by extremist rebels in eastern Congo

Deccan Chronicle  

Kinshasa: At least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local authorities said on Saturday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces, which has ties to IS, killed civilians in Mabisio village in North Kivu province, said the area's administrator, Col. Alain Kiwewa, on state television. Eastern Congo has …

At least 13 killed, many others kidnapped by extremist rebels in Congo
1 month, 3 weeks ago

At least 13 killed, many others kidnapped by extremist rebels in Congo

Hindustan Times  

At least 13 people were killed and others kidnapped in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local authorities said Saturday. Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence for decades as more than 120 groups fight for power, land and valuable mineral resources. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces, which has ties to IS, killed civilians …

Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions
2 months, 1 week ago

Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions

Al Jazeera  

The war in Sudan has displaced over 14 million people and is creating a world's largest displacement crisis this year. The civil conflict has created a living nightmare for millions, with hunger, disease and sexual violence rampant. The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General Amy Pope described the situation in the war-torn African country as 'catastrophic'. The war has …

Rwanda's army and an armed group shelled displaced people camps in Congo, rights group says
3 months, 1 week ago

Rwanda's army and an armed group shelled displaced people camps in Congo, rights group says

The Independent  

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Congo’s president accuses former leader of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition
5 months ago

Congo’s president accuses former leader of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi accused former leader Joseph Kabila of backing a U.S.-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups during an interview with a private radio station on Tuesday. “Joseph Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC,” Tshisekedi said, referring to the Alliance Fleuve Congo, a political-military movement launched in December with …

A truce to halt violence in eastern Congo is extended as calls grow for the displaced to return home
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A truce to halt violence in eastern Congo is extended as calls grow for the displaced to return home

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — The United States late Wednesday announced the extension of a humanitarian truce that had reduced fighting in eastern Congo even as violence and human rights abuses continue there, leading to calls for an end to the conflict to allow displaced people to return home. The violence concentrated in the eastern North Kivu province has resulted not just …

A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians
5 months, 4 weeks ago

A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. “We don’t see the benefit of a humanitarian truce if humanitarian aid does not reach …

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group
5 months, 4 weeks ago

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances, U.N. experts said in a report circulated Wednesday. The Rwandan forces’ “de facto control and direction over M23 operations also renders Rwanda liable for the actions of M23,” the panel of experts …

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group
5 months, 4 weeks ago

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group

The Independent  

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2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict
6 months, 1 week ago

2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — Two staff members of the foreign aid group Tearfund were killed when their convoy was attacked in eastern Congo, the organization said, the latest in a series of attacks targeting aid groups and residents in the region. The aid workers were killed on Sunday after their convoy had arrived in Butembo city in North Kivu province, where …

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded
6 months, 1 week ago

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022, and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded, and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country said Wednesday. Moreillon told several reporters at the office of the ICRC’s U.N. envoy that the …

3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo
9 months ago

3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Three Tanzanian soldiers were killed and three others injured after a mortar shell landed near their camp in eastern Congo, where the Tanzanians are deployed under the banner of a regional bloc to help quell violence. President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo blames neighboring Rwanda for providing military support to the M23, an allegation Rwandan officials no longer …

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen
9 months, 1 week ago

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen

Al Jazeera  

UN warns of deteriorating situation as M23 rebels continue to make gains, pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United Nations sounds an alarm over the situation in the …

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Amid intensified fighting with security forces, the M23 rebel group — the most dominant in the region with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda — has continued …

UN Security Council sanctions rebels in DR Congo as violence escalates
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UN Security Council sanctions rebels in DR Congo as violence escalates

Al Jazeera  

A committee imposes an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze on leaders of six armed groups fighting in the mineral-rich region. The United Nations Security Council has sanctioned the leaders of six armed groups fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid escalating violence in the country’s restive northeastern region. “We are pleased that as of today, six …

What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help. Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for …

What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis

The Independent  

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CODECO rebel attack kills 15 people in eastern DR Congo
10 months, 3 weeks ago

CODECO rebel attack kills 15 people in eastern DR Congo

Al Jazeera  

Violence has been on the rise in the conflict-hit eastern DR Congo in recent weeks as multiple armed groups wreak havoc. Armed rebels have killed 15 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled Ituri province, local sources said on Sunday, in the second such attack in days. CODECO fighters ambushed users of a road near the village of Tali …

US condemns Rwanda’s support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US condemns Rwanda’s support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The U.S. has condemned Saturday Rwanda’s support of the armed M23 group in eastern Congo, whose rebellion has caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and called on the rebel group to “cease hostilities.” The U.S. State Department in a statement strongly criticized “the worsening violence. caused by the actions of the Rwanda-backed, U.S.- and …

Congo players spotlight armed violence in their country before Africa Cup semifinal
11 months ago

Congo players spotlight armed violence in their country before Africa Cup semifinal

Associated Press  

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Congo captain Chancel Mbemba and forward Cédric Bakambu are spotlighting the armed violence in the east of their country while they’re playing at the Africa Cup of Nations. “I pray with all my heart that my country regains its peace.” Members of an armed group assumed to be M23 fired on a U.N. helicopter in eastern …

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country's leader rules out talks with Rwanda
11 months, 1 week ago

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country's leader rules out talks with Rwanda

The Hindu  

January 31, 2024 12:53 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST - Kinshasa “Militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo,” a local official and a civil society leader said as the country’s President ruled out dialogue with neighbouring Rwanda over a related conflict. The killings in Congo's North Kivu province took place on January …

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country’s leader rules out talks with Rwanda
11 months, 1 week ago

Militants in eastern Congo kill 12 villagers as country’s leader rules out talks with Rwanda

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Militants killed at least 12 villagers in a spate of attacks in eastern Congo, a local official and a civil society leader said as the country’s president ruled out dialogue with neighboring Rwanda over a related conflict. The killings in Congo’s North Kivu province took place on Tuesday and were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces, …

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country’s conflict-battered east. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians, army spokesman Lt. Col. Guillaume N’djike Kaïko said in …

Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says
1 year ago

Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top U.N. official in Congo warned the Security Council on Monday. She stressed that insecurity “has compounded the ongoing humanitarian crisis.” According to the U.N. humanitarian office, over 6.5 million people are displaced in Congo, 5.5 million …

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each
1 year, 1 month ago

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

Associated Press  

LONDON — Earlier this year, the doctor who leads the World Health Organization’s efforts to prevent sexual abuse travelled to Congo to address the biggest known sex scandal in the U.N. health agency’s history, the abuse of well over 100 local women by staffers and others during a deadly Ebola outbreak. Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press show that …

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each
1 year, 1 month ago

Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

The Independent  

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The massive displacement in Congo | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

The massive displacement in Congo | Explained

The Hindu  

November 07, 2023 10:41 pm | Updated November 13, 2023 12:23 pm IST The story so far: On October 30, the UN International Organization of Migration reported that the number of people who have been internally displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 6.9 million. Since then, the eastern DRC, bordering Rwanda, has been facing insurgency perpetrated …

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence
1 year, 3 months ago

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence

The Independent  

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An alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence wrack eastern Congo, UN official says
1 year, 4 months ago

An alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence wrack eastern Congo, UN official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked eastern Congo has deteriorated alarmingly in the past 18 months with 8 million people in urgent need of assistance and women and girls subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale -- just in three provinces, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday. Edem Wosornu, the U.N. humanitarian office’s operations director who just …

Clash between armed forces and protesters in Congo kills at least 26, local official says
1 year, 4 months ago

Clash between armed forces and protesters in Congo kills at least 26, local official says

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — A clash between Congolese armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in Congo killed at least 26 people, a local official said Thursday. The violence broke out early Wednesday in the eastern city of Goma where Wazalendo followers gathered for a protest, which had been banned by the city mayor, against a …

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says
1 year, 4 months ago

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned on Friday. He added that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children are severely malnourished “and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.” “A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of …

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say
1 year, 5 months ago

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Rebel groups, including one with ties to the Islamic State group, killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend, local officials said Monday. Isaac Kibira, deputy delegate of the governor in the Central African nation’s northeastern Bwito township, said the victims in one attack were shot and killed early Sunday by members of …

Escalating violence in Congo displaces more people and demands urgent response, UN and aid group say
1 year, 5 months ago

Escalating violence in Congo displaces more people and demands urgent response, UN and aid group say

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations warned that violence in northeastern Congo has escalated significantly, with more than 40 civilians killed in three days. “The scale and duration of displacement is historic, even for eastern DRC,” Dr. Guyguy Manangama, the head of emergency programs for Doctors Without Borders, also known by the French acronym MSF. The aid group provides medical …

‘Crisis of humanity’: UN condemns rising sexual violence in Sudan
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Crisis of humanity’: UN condemns rising sexual violence in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

UN agencies demand an end to sexual attacks against women and girls in the war-hit country and call for independent investigations. Top United Nations officials have expressed shock at increasing sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan as fighting in the country extends to nearly three months. On Wednesday, a joint statement from UN agencies said the world body’s …

Armed groups are committing abuses in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, rights group says
1 year, 6 months ago

Armed groups are committing abuses in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, rights group says

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Civilians in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions are being victimized by the army, separatists and militias who are carrying out killings, torture and sexual violence, according to an Amnesty International report released Tuesday. Researchers from the human rights group spoke with more than 100 victims of armed violence, documenting extrajudicial killings and the razing of homes and villages in …

More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 45 people killed by militia groups in eastern Congo, says the United Nations

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — More than 45 people have been killed and a dozen wounded by a militia group in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, said the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo on Monday. The attack, which occurred Sunday evening into Monday morning, is believed to have been perpetrated by the CODECO militia group, which massacred vulnerable displaced people at the …

At least 18 people killed by extremist rebels in several villages in eastern Congo
1 year, 7 months ago

At least 18 people killed by extremist rebels in several villages in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s Ituri province killed at least 18 people in several villages, according to a human rights group. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked people in the Irumu territory villages of Mutuyeyi, Bekembele and Bulesi villages last weekend, Christophe Munyanderu, coordinator of the Convention for the Respect of Human Rights, reported Wednesday. The …

At least 17 civilians killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo
1 year, 7 months ago

At least 17 civilians killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — At least 17 people were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, local authorities said. Civilians were killed by fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces — believed to be linked with the Islamic State group — in the Bambuba-kisiki area in Beni territory, said Sabiti Njiamoja, a deputy to the local governor, on Monday. …

Congo: At least 22 people killed by rebels; second large-scale deadly attack in a week
1 year, 9 months ago

Congo: At least 22 people killed by rebels; second large-scale deadly attack in a week

India TV News  

Congo deadly attack: At least 22 civilians were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo - the group's second large-scale deadly attack of the week, local authorities said Saturday. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces — which has ties to the Islamic State group — attacked people in Beni territory in North Kivu province late Friday evening, said Nicolas Kambale, …

Rebels capture more ground in Congo as fighting intensifies
1 year, 10 months ago

Rebels capture more ground in Congo as fighting intensifies

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — A rebel group linked with neighboring Rwanda seized more territory Friday, threatening supply routes to the regional capital, as fighting intensified in conflict-ridden east Congo, local residents and aid workers said. As M23 rebels captured the village of Mushaki in North Kivu province after more than two days of fighting with government forces and militias, civilians — …

Rwanda says Congolese soldiers attack its border army post
1 year, 10 months ago

Rwanda says Congolese soldiers attack its border army post

Associated Press  

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda’s army said its troops briefly exchanged fire with soldiers from Congo early Wednesday, in a new spike in tension between the neighbors who have accused each other of supporting armed rebel groups on the other side of the border. United Nations experts in December said they had “substantial evidence” of Rwandan government forces crossing into Congo …

Fighting intensifies in eastern Congo, displacing hundreds
1 year, 11 months ago

Fighting intensifies in eastern Congo, displacing hundreds

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — Fighting intensified around a town in eastern Congo Thursday as a rebel group seeking to expand the territory it controls increased pressure on government troops defending it, forcing hundreds of civilians to flee their homes. Congo for months has accused neighboring Rwanda of supporting the M23 group — whose origins lie in the region’s ethnic fighting — …

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says U.N.
2 years ago

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says U.N.

LA Times  

The accounts are haunting. At the Bunagana border crossing with Uganda, the rebels earned an average of $27,000 a month making people pay to carry goods in and out of the country, said the U.N. Two locals living under M23, who did not want to be named out of fear for their safety, told the Associated Press they’d been forced …

UN experts: `Substantial evidence’ of Rwanda forces in Congo
2 years ago

UN experts: `Substantial evidence’ of Rwanda forces in Congo

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts say they found “substantial evidence” of Rwandan government forces crossing into neighboring eastern Congo, either to reinforce M23 rebels or to conduct military operations against another rebel group that includes fighters accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The M23 rebels are largely Congolese ethnic Tutsis who became prominent 10 years ago when …

‘Tired of this war': Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence
2 years ago

‘Tired of this war': Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence

Associated Press  

BENI, Congo — Kavira Mathe was making dinner for her two sons when bullets began flying. “We are tired of this war.” Communities in eastern Congo are struggling to survive in the wake of that massacre and others in which at least 130 people were killed by M23 rebels in what the United Nations called “unspeakable violence” against civilians. The …

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN
2 years, 1 month ago

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN

Associated Press  

BENI, Congo — Arbitrarily shooting, stabbing, raping and abducting people, rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted “unspeakable violence” against civilians, says a new U.N. report. The M23 rebel group killed men, women and children in two villages in Congo’s Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month, according to a preliminary investigation by the …

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