How AFC/M23’s Conflict Corridors Reshape Trade, Livelihoods, and Power in Eastern...

When armed groups control territory, they don't just seize land; they seize economies. In AFC/M23 controlled areas of North and South Kivu, a parallel...

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The Jewel Waiting to Shine: Tourism Potential in North and South...

The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo holds some of Africa's most spectacular natural wonders: emerald waters of Lake Kivu stretching 2,700 square kilometers, mountain...

Hadja Lahbib Visit in the DRC and the Great Lakes

Kinshasa / Bujumbura / Kigali, 17 February 2026 — On the same day that the 39th African Union Summit was closing its doors in...

How Women, Children, and the Elderly Bear the Unseen Costs of Eastern DRC’s Crisis

When diplomats discuss ceasefires and territorial control, when analysts track mineral flows and armed group movements, they describe one version of the crisis in...

Burundi re-opens border crossing with Uvira

The government of Burundi has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a two-month closure. Officials from both countries confirmed...

AFC/M23 Condemns Kinshasa Regime over Massacre in Minembwe

AFC/M23 Deputy Coordinator Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the ongoing civilian killings in the...

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Burundi re-opens border crossing with Uvira

The government of Burundi has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a two-month closure. Officials from both countries confirmed...

AFC/M23 Condemns Kinshasa Regime over Massacre in Minembwe

AFC/M23 Deputy Coordinator Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the ongoing civilian killings in the...

EU Envoy arrives in Goma for Talks with AFC/ M23

Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, has arrived in Goma town for a direct meeting with the AFC/M23 rebel group,...

Kagame, Ndayishimiye hold DRC security talks with EU

A delegation from the European Union (EU) on Thursday, February 19, 206, met Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and his Burundian counterpart Évariste Ndayishimiye to...

M23 slams Kinshasa over Rubaya mine offer to US

AFC/M23 Deputy Coordinator Bertrand Bisimwa has criticized the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining deal with the United States, calling it “a desperate attempt at...