A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Foreign Affairs3d
How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo?
Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... was upset that Burundi, Congo, and Uganda’s leaders had bypassed Rwanda in a series of ...
The New York Times4d
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic ... for transport to an M23 camp, outside Goma, on Jan. 30. Image After the fall of Goma, European mercenaries employed by Congo ...
What Congo’s President Thinks of Rwanda: A ‘Mania to Be the Apex Predator’
As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...
Human Rights Watch10d
Overdue Accountability in Democratic Republic of Congo
Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed a litany of grave abuses ...