Congo’s security forces were fighting on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decades-long conflict.

Rwanda has accepted over 1,200 refugees fleeing the fighting, according to a government official on the border. People protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, ...

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the ...

This while a video has been circulating on social media showing South African soldiers waving a white flag. SANDF head of communications, Siphiwe Dlamini, has clarified what is depicted in the video.

AP The situation in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is worrying. On Monday (January 27), Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the city. The city holds ...

Today is the last day flags will be flying at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died in Plains, Georgia, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. After Carter's death then ...

Flags across Arizona and the United States have been flying at half-staff for nearly a month, but they will soon return to full-staff. Flags across the country were ordered to fly at half-staff ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a "mass panic" among its two million people and Congo's government said ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after decades of fighting. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal.

U.N. says 'truly unimaginable' civilian suffering in Goma Congo calls for sanctions on Rwanda Rwanda says has always shown restraint, not to blame for chaos UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (Reuters ...

A combination of screengrabs from a video show Congolese demonstrators protesting against Rwanda in Kinshahsa on January 28, 2025, amid tensions following a clash in Goma between M23 rebels and ...