Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the ...

"People were dying in front of our eyes. I couldn't count them. We tried to revive them by giving them water. Some women were ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

Smoke was seen rising from a prison in Bukavu on Sunday (February 16), a day after a breakout, as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

Congolese authorities announced that over 170 prisoners on death row over armed robberies would be executed. A recent video ...

The prison was also looted in the wake of the escape ... The alliance of rebel groups - known as the 'Congo River Alliance', which M23 is a member of - has previously accused the Congolese ...

STORY: ::Smoke is seen rising from a prison after a breakout as M23 rebels enter east Congo's second largest city ::Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo ::February 16, 2025 The Congolese government ...

Masses of inmates escaped Goma’s Munzenze prison last Monday as M23 rebels ... to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu.

Over 160 women have been raped and children killed in fires after a prison break in war-torn DR Congo, the the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said. Thousands of inmates ...

Now, as Congo descends into further violence ... media videos have also showed the region's factories pillaged and prisons emptied while electricity remained on and communication lines open ...