US EditionPeace Efforts Stall as Violence Escalates in Eastern DRC
The United Nations Security Council highlights escalating violence by multiple armed groups causing 5.9 million internal displacements and urges ceasefire to protect civilians.
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Under M23 occupation in the East Congo, fear grows. After the murder of a musician, young men fear repression.
Peace efforts stall as violence escalates in Eastern DRC
Despite recent diplomatic efforts, violence continues to escalate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where thousands have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced, the United Nations warns.
At the request of the United States, the UN Security Council met Friday, 22 August 2025 in New York. This session took the pulse: the United States, which is raising its tone, France, which is advocating for the involvement of all, and still this mistrust between Kinshasa and Kigali.
Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Martin Ngoga, has criticized the members of the United Nations Security Council, saying that they are deliberately ignoring the fact that the FDLR is supported by the DRC government, not because they lack evidence. It is a message that began at the United Nations Security Council meeting that met on August 22, 2025 to discuss the security situation in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Am…
Dr Congo: rising insecurity in the east hindered diplomatic progress, the Security Council hears
Despite diplomatic progress in recent months, the United States has negotiated a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, and Qatar facilitating a declaration of principles between the Congolese government and the M23 rebels, tensions remain high in eastern DRC-where several armed groups operate. THE Security advice has also sought to promote peace in the […]
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