Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Bunia is located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Congo’s border with Uganda. Ugandan forces have been deployed to eastern Congo since 2021 under an agreement with Congo’s government.

At the centre of Gen Muhoozi's insomnia as he claimed he was ensconced in the jungles of Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in eastern DR Congo, was his father's political challenger Robert ...

Ugandan troops have entered Bunia, a city in eastern Congo, to assist local forces in curbing violence by armed groups. The joint deployment follows rising ethnic-based violence in the region ...

he said. "Bunia will soon be in UPDF hands," he said in a separate post, referring to the Uganda People's Defence Force. Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa told Reuters on the sidelines of an ...

Muhoozi Kainerugaba last week threatened to capture Bunia because of allegations the Hema faced attacks. Ugandan forces have been deployed to eastern Congo since 2021 under an agreement with Congo ...