Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The precarious situation for Ukraine follows a pause in U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing as Donald Trump puts pressure on Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire with Moscow.

In January, the rebel group M23 captured Goma ... restarted their rebellion in 2021 and have rapidly captured territory since the beginning of 2025. Since taking Goma, they have moved to the ...

The French, for example, clashed with Britain over several West African territories ... and Ottoman empires fell following World War I, a map closer to what we now know as Africa would emerge.

At a time when the M23 rebels have captured territory and towns in North and ... “Look closely at the map of conflict zones, it corresponds to the map of mining zones,” explained Descartes ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo , which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

withdrawal of all RDF from Congolese territory and a return to dialogue through African-led peace processes. There can be no military solution." Residents flee, looters run rampant: M23 rebels ...