Eastern Congo’s conflict is intensifying and spreading into new areas, with the United Nations warning that the growing use of heavy weapons and attack drones is putting civilians at greater risk.

For decades, eastern DR Congo has been described as a tragic battlefield, a region where civilians are caught between armed groups, regional powers, and international peacekeeping missions. Yet ...

At a moment of mounting geopolitical instability, and as the U.S. conducts major military operations in the Middle East and confronts fragile global supply chains, critical minerals have moved to the ...

March 10, 2026: Last month, two mass graves were found containing the bodies of 172 of people the M23 rebels had killed. Last year the Congolese Army continued to confront M23 rebels in North Kivu ...

The Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), known locally as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), raided and burned ...