M23 rebel group holds a symbolic funeral for victims of drone strike in eastern Congo

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has held a symbolic burial for 22 people killed in a drone strike in eastern Congo ...

Birth of rare mountain gorilla twins recorded in Congo park

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it ...
Mongabay

Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor

The NGO Strong Roots Congo is securing lands for communities and wildlife to create a 1-million-hectare (2.5-million-acre) corridor that spans the space between Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Itombwe ...
AOL

Former Congo rebel leader Lumbala sentenced to 30 years over wartime atrocities

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced Monday in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War, in a verdict ...
Long War Journal

Analysis: The Islamic State’s war on Christians in Congo

In an Islamic State Central Africa Province video release, Bonge La Chuma issues a warning to Christians that they have three options: convert to Islam, pay the jizya [tax on non-Muslims], or die. As ...
AOL

Trump hails Rwanda and DR Congo for ‘settling war’ as major peace deal signed

U.S. President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Washington on Thursday for the signing of a peace deal, despite ongoing conflict in their war-scarred ...
The New York Times

Trump Says He ‘Ended’ the War Between Rwanda and Congo, but Fighting Persists

The president trumpeted a peace pact in a meeting with the two countries’ leaders that includes incentives for U.S. access to minerals. Fighting in eastern Congo has continued in the months since an ...
Barron's

Priest Tells War Crimes Trial DR Congo Ex-rebel Leader 'Not Very Important'

An elderly Italian priest on Tuesday appeared to downplay the alleged role of a former rebel leader on trial in France for a wave of atrocities against civilians during the Second Congo War. The ...
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Second Congo War with Google Earth

We map out the Second Congo War, often called Africa’s World War, using Google Earth to trace the movements of armies and alliances across the continent. From the vast battlefronts in the Congo to the ...
The New Yorker

A War “Stopped” by Trump Festers in Congo

You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The President declared a ...
The New Yorker

Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War?

When I visited the king of Bukumu, Mwami Butsitsi Kahembe IV Isaac, he was dressed in a crisp white caftan, with the skin of a leopard killed by his great-grandfather slung over his shoulders. A crown ...
Daily Journal

DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in France

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala Wednesday said France's judiciary was not competent to try him as he went on trial in Paris over atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more ...