For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty.

After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group's long-time military leader.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world by land area.

Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide.

China and the Republic of the Congo agreed to set an example for building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the U.N. said Friday, also expressing concerns over ...

Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

For at least 14 years, President Paul Kagame has been orchestrating a series of guerrilla wars to destabilize the Democratic ...