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.

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

Rebel group M23 have captured two more towns in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources say, after fierce fighting on Saturday afternoon. Masisi-Centre and Lushebere in northeast Kivu came under rebel control after the Congolese army made a “strategic withdrawal to avoid collateral damage among civilians.”

Lt. Col. Ndjike Kaiko Guillaume, the FARDC spokesperson for North Kivu province, announced the launch of “Operation Caterpillar 2,” an offensive aimed at dislodging M23 rebels from their positions across the province.

Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma, the M23 rebels’ military spokesperson, released a statement in the wee hours of Saturday morning saying that Katale in Masisi now breathes the air of liberation.

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.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has already displaced 237,000 people this year. Escalating clashes between non-state armed groups and the Congolese army in North and South Kivu provinces are intensifying one of the world’s most alarming yet under-reported humanitarian crises,

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

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The March 23 Movement (M23) has dislodged the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo (patriots) from two positions as fighting rages on Friday in Masisi territory,

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces