Web resources: Congo Conflict

This African Library list offers a selection of online resources on the recent violence in eastern DR Congo. It contains online articles, blogs, infographics, podcasts and videos, most of which are freely accessible.

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Blog: Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo / The New Humanitarian, 11 February 2025.

Blog: Kenya’s Congo debacle: How crony elite politics lost the fight against M23 / N. Chome, 2 February 2025. African Arguments.

Book: Les guerres à l'Est de la RD Congo, entre génocide et statocide/ Claude Nsal'Onanongo Omelenge, with a preface by Jacques Djoli Eseng'Ekeli. Paris : L'Harmattan, 2023.

Book: The war that doesn't say its name : the unending conflict in the Congo/ Jason K. Stearns. Princeton /Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2022.

Book: De l'AFDL au M23 en République démocratique du Congo/ Vincent Mbavu Muhindo. Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014.

Infographic: A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode / Prasanta Kumar Dutta, David Lewis, Reade Levinson, Jon McClure and Sonia Rolley. Reuters, 5 March 2025.

Infographic: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Response Plan at a Glance 2025 / OCHA, 14 February 2025.

Podcast: The Congo Crisis Explained / African News Review, 2 February 2025.

Podcast: Bij inval Rwanda in Congo werkt geschiedenis genocide door / VPRO OVT, 2 February 2025. In Dutch.

Report: The political hidden costs of power-sharing in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Alice Grégoire and Koen Vlassenroot. Governance in Conflict Network. The Insecure Livelihoods Series, February 2025.

Video: Congo’s Return to War? / Prof James Ker-Lindsay, 31 January 2025.

Video: Grote onrust in het Afrikaanse land Congo: Wat is er aan de hand? / NOS Jeugdjournaal, 29 January 2025. Interview with ASCL researcher Lidewyde Berckmoes.

Web article: DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about? / Damian Zane. BBC, 16 February 2025.

Web article: Who's pulling the strings in the DR Congo crisis? / Barbara Plett Usher. BBC, 8 February 2025.

Web article: Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC / P. Nantulya. Africa Center, 29 January 2025.

Web article: Why Are Congo and Rwanda at War? / E. Peltier. The New York Times, 28 January 2025.

Web article: Angst en onzekerheid in Congo nadat rebellengroep M23 grote stad inneemt / RTL Nieuws & Entertainment, 27 January 2025. In Dutch.

Web overview: Democratic Republic of the Congo / ReliefWeb, 2025.

Web overview: International Peace Information Service (IPIS). Publications, maps and data on the DRC conflict.