In Stanford's first inaugural Congo Week, students and experts celebrate Congolese heritage and discuss important issues regarding the DRC.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...

Show more Show less 1 Armed men drive through a street in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Gunshots rang out through parts of the besieged city of Goma as Congolese soldiers ...

Thousands of prisoners in the eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) city of Goma escaped in a mass jail break on Monday as Rwanda-backed rebels said they had captured the strategic city.

Jan. 27 (UPI) --Ethnic-Tutsi rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported to have taken the key eastern city of Goma in fierce fighting with government forces that sent streams of ...

in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Fears have been mounting in South Africa after 13 soldiers were killed in the conflict-ridden region. This while a video has been circulating on social ...

NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...

[AFP] The viability of regional trade has been put to question by the ongoing unrest in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting between M23 rebels and DR Congo’s army and its allies has ...

The volatile situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a long history. Here's what you need to know. Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --The U.S. State Department called for a cease-fire in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo saying Washington was "deeply troubled" by a recent escalation in the ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops ...