The rapidly evolving war in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified since December 2024, displacing hundreds of ...

Caught in the crossfire, civilians continue to suffer. Entire communities are destroyed, millions are displaced, and ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Most recently, escalations in conflict between the DRC and armed groups have plunged the country’s eastern region into chaos, with millions of civilians caught in the crossfire. Reports of war crimes, ...

Origin of the conflict The ongoing conflict in the DRC traces its roots to the first civil war in 1997. That war culminated in a rebel invasion that led to the overthrow of President Mobutu Seseko ...

The origins of the decades-long conflict ... DRC can be traced back to post-colonial battles for power after the country’s independence from Belgium in 1960, and later, a spillover of the civil ...