Nigeria, July 20 -- Government-allied Wazalendo militiamen have threatened to kill or capture one reporter and to burn down another's radio station because of unfavourable coverage, as frontlines shift under diplomatic pressure for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Rwanda-backed M23 and Congo River Alliance (AFC) rebels - who made unprecedented territorial gains in early 2025 - withdrew from several parts of South Kivu province in May, after the United States sanctioned DRC's former President Joseph Kabila and the Rwandan army. The US alleged that Mr Kabila and neighbouring Rwanda were supporting the rebel alliance in violation of December's faltering peace agreement to end the decades-old conflict - a move Rwanda co...