United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

Planes, small and big, fly in, are loaded with minerals, and fly out to destinations unknown, under the radar of the ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious ...

Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

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

Congo’s security forces are fighting against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation ...

The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. The MONUSCO ...

Summit in Zimbabwe urges immediate dispatch of officials to Congo which has seen eastern Goma face attacks by rebels ...

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