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FILE - M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

U.N. experts report widespread peace deal violations in eastern Congo

By Wilson McMakin - Associated Press

Congo files an ICJ case against Rwanda over decades of violence in eastern Congo

By Jean-Yves Kamale and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Djakisa Christian, 18, a funeral home manager, sits in front of coffins for sale at his shop in Bunia, Congo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment

By Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk - Associated Press

A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Appeals in Congo for urgent supplies as aid groups warn Ebola outbreak is ‘gaining momentum’

By Justin Kabumba, Monika Pronczuk and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Rwanda-backed rebels accuse the U.S. of falling short as a peace mediator in Congo’s conflict

By Mark Banchereau and Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

FILE - Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Congo’s president warns next elections can’t take place unless the conflict in the east is resolved

By Jean-Yves Kamale and Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

Willy Ngoma, spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, center, releases captured mercenaries at the Gisenyi border point in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Willy Ngoma was killed in a drone strike Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Rebels in Congo used containers to hold journalists in brutal conditions, advocacy group says

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

FILE - M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels say they’ve seized the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo

By Wilson McMakin - Associated Press

Emma, 3, who was displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and FARDC government forces, finds refuge in a school North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 25, 2022. A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted &quot;unspeakable violence&quot; against civilians. The findings published this week in a preliminary investigation by the United Nations, accuses M23 rebels of killing men, women and children in two villages in Congo's Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file )

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says U.N.

By Al-Hadji Kudra and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

M23 rebels gather in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Rebels, who last week seized one of the most important cities in eastern Congo and advanced beyond, said Thursday that they had pulled back several miles (kilometers ) to the town of Sake and were on track to leave the key city of Goma by Friday, in accordance with a deadline imposed by the international community.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

UN says Congo’s defeated M23 rebels active again

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

**FILE** M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, on Nov. 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. diplomat calls for international action in Congo

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Congolese government soldiers patrol the streets of Minova under their control on Sunday. Government troops remain in Minova after a failed attack on M23 on Thursday. Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by rebels toward the capital. (Associated Press)

Congo in talks with rebel group

By Rodney Muhumuza and Pete Jones - Associated Press

**FILE** M23 rebels conduct training exercises in Rumangabo, Congo, on Oct. 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congo rebels, army clash at Goma’s edge

By Melanie Gouby and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Rebels advance to outskirts of provincial capital in Congo

By Melanie Gouby - Associated Press

World Briefs: Iran ready to boost nuke program

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Soldiers from the M23 rebel group show off July 7, 2012, in Bunagana, Congo, weapons captured from government troops, who fled to neighboring Uganda a day earlier as the rebel group took control of the border town. (Associated Press)

Congo rebels seize eastern town after army flees

By Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press