Rwanda

Uganda and Rwanda Get More Involved in Congo Guerilla War

Uganda has reportedly dispatched another thousand soldiers into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), joining a rapidly-escalating battle in which a vicious Rwanda-supported insurgency called M23 has captured a regional capital and set its sights on the seat of government in Kinshasa.

An M23 officer talks to prospective recruits in Goma on February 6, 2025. More than a week

W.H.O. Declares Global Health Emergency for Monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has begun spreading into neighboring African nations.

A doctor shows a monkeypox sore on a patient´s lip, at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital in L