Democratic Republic of the Congo

Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that’s displaced nearly 7 million people could delay elections scheduled for December, President Felix Tshisekedi told French President Emmanuel Macron.

The United Nations announced Monday it was suspending humanitarian flights across much of conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after one of its helicopters came under attack.

M23 rebels continued fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Tuesday, the day they were supposed to begin withdrawing from their positions under a regional plan.

Fighting flared on Monday between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and M23 rebels in the country's troubled east, just days after African leaders called for a ceasefire and a pullback by armed groups. … The meeting called for a ceasefire and for all armed groups to withdraw from occupied territory by March 30.

The African Union has agreed to evaluate funding possibilities for the regional peace initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, signalling further support for one of the continent's most complex conflicts.

The European Union is blaming Rwanda, again, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for ignoring proposals of regional peace initiatives even as Kinshasa’s government forces battle the M23 rebel movement.

Militiamen killed 22 people in two separate attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri province on Sunday and Monday, a local official and a human rights group said, in ongoing violence in the region.

Deteriorating security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises questions about the Nairobi and Luanda processes.

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye is set to take over the leadership of a wider regional peace mechanism, granting him additional duties to steer the peace shuttle in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A UN peacekeeper was killed on Sunday in the restive eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after the helicopter he was travelling in came under fire after taking off from the city of Beni.