M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...
Opinion
The New Times on MSN3dOpinion
DR Congo’s endless chaos: Puppets, mercenaries and freedom fighters
The conflict in the country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been going on for decades. Historical grievances, governance failures, and social injustices have plunged this diverse ...
Belgian cycling team withdraws from Tour of Rwanda because of conflict in neighboring Congo
Belgian cycling team Soudal-Quick Step has withdrawn its development team from the upcoming Tour of Rwanda because of safely ...
La Croix4d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...
DR Congo conflict advances as UN calls for peace
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked ...
Council on Foreign Relations5d
War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...
Kivu’s forgotten voices: The human cost of Congo’s endless conflict
In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the shimmering waters of Lake Kivu meet rolling green ...
Opinion
Nation on MSN5dOpinion
DRC crisis and possible outcomes
Matters have come to a boil in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tens of thousands of well-trained, disciplined and heavily armed M23 soldiers have come out of some bush and given the hapless ...
The Pantagraph5d
Winning numbers drawn in Thursday’s Illinois Lotto Million 2
(nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-five, forty-seven) ...
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How jazz played out over Congo’s chaotic coup
Directed by Johan Grimonprez, it cut deep into the blood-and-rubber ties between Belgium and Congo, shining a light on the United Nations, jazz as a political agent and the plot to assassinate Congo’s ...