In 1998, the Second Congo War broke out following the deterioration of relations between Kigali and Kinshasa. To diminish the impression that Rwanda held undue influence over the Congolese ...

Should SAMIDRC become an all-out warfighting mission, it would be reminiscent of the Second Congo War when SADC troops came to the aid of then DRC President Laurent Kabila against the Rwandan and ...

including the First Congo War from 1996 to 1997, the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003, and the most recent ongoing conflict that began in 2022. The current conflicts are rooted in gaining ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo ... trigger an open regional war.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country whose name has become synonymous with conflict, poverty and exploitation. The Central African country is the second biggest in the continent ...

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city ... This is a full-on war and South Africa is hardly ready for any such war ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city ... Felix Tshisekedi. “The war does not end in Congo, why?

Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized a second airport in east Congo amid fierce fighting The Associated Press February 14, 2025, 8:16 AM Share This: share on facebook share on X share on threads ...