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Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

Presidents of Congo and Rwanda meet in Qatar to discuss the insurgency in eastern Congo

The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.
 
The logo and a view of the building which houses the headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, file)

Millions of people and hundreds of staff impacted by US aid cuts, UN migration agency says

 
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

M23 rebels withdraw from Congo peace talks, citing international sanctions

 
South African soldiers, part of the Southern African Development Community's mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stand in Goma as the bodies of two South African soldiers are repatriated to South Africa Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo

 
M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga, file)

Congo and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator Angola says

 

Congo chimp sanctuary struggles to feed primates after M23 takeover

Congo chimp sanctuary struggles to feed primates after M23 takeover
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Explosions rock meeting of M23 rebel group leaders in DR Congo

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In this video frame grab, people assist victims after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Angola to act as mediator in peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels

 
Mpox scars are seen on the hands of Bintu Biringingwa, at the Miti Murhesa hospital, some 25kms from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

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

 
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Islamic State-linked rebels in fresh attack in eastern Congo kill 9 villagers

 
FILE- A woman waits to have the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M administered to her child at the comprehensive Health Centre in Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump’s US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

 
Moto taxis wait for customers in downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, one month after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured the city. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Germany suspends new financial aid to Rwanda over alleged support for M23 rebels in Congo

 
M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga, file)

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, UN says

 
Men sit outside the general hospital in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of unidentified illnesses are being treated, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Guy Masele Sanganga)

WHO says water contamination is suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness

 
A municipal worker cleans a traffic circle in downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, one month after the city was captured by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling

 
Men sit outside the general hospital in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of unidentified illnesses are being treated, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Guy Masele Sanganga)

Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds

 
In this video frame grab, people assist victims after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders’ rally, rebels say

 

What to know about the new disease outbreaks in central Africa

 
Signs are seen as Tshishiku Henry, a former refugee and Washington State Delegate for the Refugee Congress, speaks during a rally outside the U.S District Court after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to halt the nation's refugee admissions system, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Things to know about the ruling blocking President Trump’s refugee ban

 
People hold signs as they gather outside the U.S. District Court after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to halt the nation's refugee admissions system Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system

 
A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive

 

A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick

 
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Judith Suminwa talks to journalists during a press conference organized by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU), at a side event of the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year

 
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Congo’s president says he’ll create a unity government as violence spreads

 
Louise Sabina, 39, poses for a photo Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in a Goma, eastern Congo school where she and her 10 children found shelter after her soldier husband was sent to Rumangabo for mixing and integration into the M23 rebel forces. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target

 

Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo

 

Boat fleeing rebel offensive capsizes in Congo, killing 22

 
People board the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was taken by M23 rebels Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn

 
Rebeldes del M23 afuera de las oficinas administrativas en la ciudad de Bukavu, en la provincia de Kivu Sur, en la República Democrática del Congo, el 16 de febrero del 2025. (AP foto/Janvier Barhahiga)

Ugandan forces enter eastern Congolese city of Bunia to back up local troops

 
M23 rebels guard outside the South Kivu province administrative office, at the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Why have Rwanda-backed rebels seized 2 Congolese cities and is there an end in sight?

 
People watch the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was taken by M23 rebels Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo

 
M23 rebels patrol the centre of east Congo's second-largest city Bukavu, in South Kivu, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels tighten their grip on second major city in eastern Congo

 
M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga)

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east

 
The American flag flying alone beside an empty flagpole that previously had the flag of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are pictured in the reflection of a window that previously had the sign and the seal of USAID, outside the agency's headquarters in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze

 
A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again

 
People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by M23 rebels in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Armed fighters have raped scores of children in eastern Congo, UNICEF says

 
Priya Kathpal, right, and Taylor Williamson, left, who work for a company doing contract work for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, carry signs outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs

 
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