A new watchdog report exposes how conflict and impunity in eastern Congo have turned journalism into a life-threatening profession, hollowing out public access to information.

The Rwandan forces and M23 armed group that captured the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 10, 2025, have put civilians at grave risk of abuse.

A climate of fear has gripped Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo, after it fell to the Rwanda-backed M23 group.

Military vehicles operate under the direct authority of the Ministry of Defence and the KDF and they are generally exempt ...

The recent escalation of fighting in several territories of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resulted in dozens of people being wounded ...

More than half of the journalists killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last 30 years have died in the ...

The fall of Uvira, the second largest city in South Kivu province, to the Rwandan-backed armed group March 23 Movement (M23) ...

The development comes just days after President Ruto witnessed the signing of the Washington Accord by Rwanda's Kagame and ...

Joysephine Wangari Njuguna held on to hope, praying to the gods to keep her son safe and that she would one day find him alive. That hope slowly faded as she and her late husband, Elijah Njuguna ...

South Africa has withdrawn from the DRC peace mission, as regional fractures deepen. The U.S.-led deal highlights resource-driven geopolitics. Feb. 13, Pretoria: President Cyril Ramaphosa (center) ...