Jan 22 (EFE/EPA) – The NGO Save the Children reported on Wednesday that nearly 120,000 children have been forced to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the beginning of 2025 due to a surge in fighting between the army and rebel groups.

A bout 120,000 children have been forced from their homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the start of the year as a wave of horrifying violence hits villages [1] with some children becoming separated from their parents and one town cut off, said Save the Children.

Angola urged on Tuesday, Jan 21, in New York, the members of the United Nations Security Council to maintain firm support for the Luanda Process that aims to ease political tension between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in order to achieve peace in the region.

An investigating magistrate has been appointed in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain,

About 237,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the world's largest hosts of people uprooted within their own borders,

KINSHASA - The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called on citizens to remain calm in the face of recent advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in the eastern province of North Kivu.

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.

Apple is now the subject of a criminal probe that it knowingly sourced “blood minerals” from the Democratic Republic of Congo for use in its devices. Belgium has begun the probe and appointed a judge to oversee the investigation after Congo filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium last month against subsidiaries of the company,

Global leaders have called for action on artificial intelligence, regional reforms, and environmental initiatives at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025, discussing key issues such as social media reform in Europe,

His executive order suspends refugee admissions pending a report on ways to change the system; Myanmar has been among the US’ top sources of refugees in recent years.

The move leaves tens of thousands of Afghan refugees at risk days before implementation of the executive order was expected.