Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

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The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...

CAPTION CORRECTS YEAR A UN armoured personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich ...

Goma was taken after fighting earlier this week, and M23 fighters have vowed to march to the capital Kinshasa.

GOMA: The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday (Feb 1), as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting co ...

PHOTO/FILE. Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels, four diplomatic and UN ...