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By Cai Nebe January 5, 2026 Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi. Displaced people try to cross into Burundi at the Kavimvira border to escape the M23 advance | Image: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Image Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Cong

“Tell everyone we are being massacred”: Overlooked war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo By Rawya Rageh 19 December 2025 Amnesty International In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), across a vast swathe of mountainous terrain, a conflict is raging that the world has forgotten. The Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-linked armed group commonly called the ADF, are abducting and killing civilians with alarming frequency, and abusing women and gir

Analysts say U.S. diplomacy paused escalation of fighting in eastern Congo but failed to resolve core issues. President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony of a peace deal with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign ne

Natasha Booty and BBC World Service Newsroom Congolese envoy Sumbu Sita Mambu shook hands with M23 secretary Benjamin Mbonimpa at the signing in Doha. AFP via Getty Images Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in Qatar, which, along with the US and the African Union, has been trying to mediate an end to decades of conflict in the resource-rich region

After Trump-backed peace deal, survivors recount M23 massacre in Eastern Congo The Washington Post August 20, 2025 By Katharine Houreld...

© UNICEF/Roger LeMoyn | More than 300 people have been killed in fresh attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file photo)...