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Tigray rebels seize airports

In tonight's edition: TPLF fighters take over the airport in Tigray amid escalating conflict with federal troops. But first, concerns about South Africa's high rates of crimes are brought even more into focus as 11 people are killed at a party. And in eastern DR Congo, residents of Bukavu are…

France 24 · Sep 23

Mass funeral in Bukavu for 26 children killed in DR Congo school blaze

Bukavu held a mass funeral on Monday, 14 September, for 26 children killed in a school fire and subsequent stampede three days earlier, as UNICEF and local authorities called for an investigation into the disaster.

Euronews · Sep 14

Children die in a school fire in Bukavu

In tonight's programme we begin in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children have died after a school fire broke out in the M23 rebel occupied city of Bukavu. Also, Senegal looks to the skies as it seeks to develop its home-grown satellite industry. And finally, we…

France 24 · Sep 11

M23 rebels committed possible war crimes in eastern DR Congo, Amnesty International says

The NGO made the claims against the Rwandan-backed group in a new report published on Tuesday.

Euronews · May 27, 2025

Endangered gorilla habitats threatened in rebel-held Congo

Conservationists warn that the charcoal boom is coming at a steep ecological cost.

The Independent UK · May 22, 2025

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender-based violence against women

In early 2025, the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group seized control of Goma and then Bukavu, two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Conversation · May 7, 2025

At Night, Crime And Fear Stalk DR Congo's M23-run Areas

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead.

International Business Times · Apr 23, 2025

Congo faces setback in mpox response after Rwanda-backed rebels advance in the east

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback in its fight against the mpox outbreak

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Mass prison escapes stoke panic in DRC after rebel advance

People warn of growing lawlessness amid concerns that thousands of escaped convicts may try to exact revenge

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025

I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation

On Jan. 27, 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fell into the hands of M23 rebels who are supported by the Rwandan army. The offensive is certainly related to the presence of immense mineral resources in the region,…

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025