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17.03.2024
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DRC

The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the powerful M23 rebel movement and Government troops. 

Source: UN News
12.03.2024
President Kagame agrees to meet with Tshisekedi over eastern DRC conflict

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is open to a meeting with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi to discuss the ongoing crisis in eastern DRC, with the date and location yet to be determined.

Source: The East African
06.03.2024
M23 rebels seize town in eastern Congo, killing at least 15

[…] Nyanzale is about 130 km north by road from the provincial capital Goma, and is home to thousands of internally displaced people who fled fighting in surrounding areas.

Source: The East African
03.03.2024
African Union’s Security Council endorses regional troop deployment to DRC

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) on Tuesday endorsed the deployment of troops from southern African nations with an offensive mandate in the restive Democratic Republic of Congo. The move was reached during the Council’s virtual meeting held to discuss the situation in eastern Congo and the deployment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Congo known as SAMIDRC.

Source: Amani Africa
29.02.2024
DRC foreign minister: 'The EU is complicit in the plundering of our resources and the aggression of Rwanda'

In an interview, Christophe Lutundula calls for international sanctions against Kigali, accusing it of supporting the rebel movement M23.

Source: Le Monde
23.02.2024
UN peacekeepers launch phased pullout from eastern DR Congo

In a statement, the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said it handed over its first base at Kamanyola, on the border with Burundi, to the national police, launching its phased withdrawal from eastern DR Congo. 

Source: Anadolu
21.02.2024
UN Security Council sanctions 6 over violence

The UN Security Council has sanctioned 6 people from armed groups amid escalation between the Congolese government and M23 rebels. The US and France called for Rwanda to stop supporting the group.

Source: DW
21.02.2024
PM resigns, presidency says

Congolese Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde resigned on Tuesday, choosing, instead, to focus on parliamentary duties as an elected legislator.

Source: The East African
20.02.2024
Fighting threatens stability of entire region, envoy warns

[…] Briefing the Security Council in New York, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita urged ambassadors to do all they can to prevent the fighting in North Kivu province from spreading beyond the border.

Source: UN News
15.02.2024
Two South African soldiers killed in attack

South Africa's mission to help bring peace and security to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has gotten off to a deadly start. … The deaths are the first fatalities to take place within the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SMIDRC). South Africa had deployed 2,900 South African forces to assist Kinshasa to bring peace, stability and security to the region.

Source: DW