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Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, has confirmed his readiness to engage in talks with Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in order to tackle the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. This announcement…

Pakistani MONUSCO peacekeepers closed their Kamanyola base in eastern DRC. The Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo attended the ceremony. “Kamanyola is the first MONUSCO base in South Kivu to…

At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians,…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express grave concern over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the eats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fighting against armed groups and government forces have…

Nearly two weeks after deadly floods swept away entire neighbourhood in eastern Libya, authorities in the said region announced an international reconstruction conference. The spokesperson for the Libyan national army leader also reacted…

Tropical cyclone Freddy dumped "dangerous and exceptional rainfall levels" over Mozambique as the storm continued to wreak havoc across southern Africa, the UN weather agency said. Freddy made landfall in the coastal town of Vilanculos…

Rwanda's foreign minister has accused the international community of 'exacerbating' the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), plagued by armed groups after the United States urged Kigali to stop any supposed support for the…

Fighting with heavy weapons resumed in eastern DRC between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army, after five days of a truce following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23. This summit had decided on a ceasefire from Friday…

Kenya has announced that it will host a meeting between rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the government in Kinshasa. The announcement was made after a meeting of leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…

The Democratic of Congo has said an earlier report of a volcano erupting near Nyiragongo on Saturday was a false alarm. "False alarm on Nyamuragira. A plane has just flown over the entire area of the flanks of this volcano. No eruption…