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

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012.

"In Goma there are 2 million people in need," local Church sources, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Fides. "At least a million of them are displaced from other areas of North Kivu ...

Felix Tshisekedi president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC promised late Wednesday a vigorous response to the ...

Uganda Airlines announced on Tuesday the suspension of its flights to Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of the ...

M23 seized control of most of North Kivu's capital Goma, a densely populated city of three million people, one million of..

Situation tense in Goma city which borders Rwanda as Kinshasa government vows to secure eastern city following rebel ...

The Congolese army acknowledged on 21 January the advance of M23 rebels in South Kivu province. Backed by Rwanda’s army, the ...

An African country that's the 11th largest in the world also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.

A crisis meeting of presidents of the East African Community (EAC) countries on Wednesday, January 29, called on DR Congo to "directly engage with" M23 rebels, among other stakeholders in the conflict ...

Goma, the main city in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, is set to fall to the M23 armed group and Rwandan ...

( MENAFN - IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 29 (IANS) Tensions are running high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...