A military offensive has driven ADF fighters into the shadows, restoring calm to parts of the east. But fear lingers, and the cost of fragile stability remains high.

A mosque and military headquarters once teeming with fighters loyal to the Islamic State group lay empty in a desiccated field near the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Uganda. In 2019 the ADF pledged allegiance to IS,

In the first half of 2024 alone, more than 150 attacks with explosive weapons were carried out, resulting in the death of at least 100 civilians and the injury of some 200 others. We call on both parties to immediately cease attacks on civilians and to stop using explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas,

In eastern Congo, at least 10 people have been killed by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked a village in North Kivu province, prompting calls for expanded joint military operations with Uganda to counter the persistent violence in the region.

Benjamin Alongaboni, General Commissioner of the Congolese National Police has said in a press statement that with the current situation in the east of the country, if the supreme commander requests for any police support,

At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said Wednesday

With Kagame indicating that relations with Tshisekedi have broken down amid an escalating M23 war, the future can't be bleaker.

Rwanda backtracked Wednesday from an earlier claim that it had discovered its first oil reserves in Lake Kivu, saying it was still in an exploratory phase and looking for partners.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is mulling cutting diplomatic ties and ditching joint projects with Uganda over tweets by military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba disparaging the country and threatening to invade it.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has called on Congolese authorities to open negotiations with the M23 rebel group

Authorities are investigating the operations of clinics run by North Koreans in the East Africa region at large. The clinics are based in Mombasa, Kenya, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and Kinshasa, DRC. According to preliminary findings,

Authorities in eastern Congo say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for the provincial capital, Goma