The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years ... the M23 rapidly gained territory and seized Goma – acts that were met with ...

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future ...

Yet the war unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains an afterthought. A bloody conflict is met with condemnations but no meaningful action. This stark contrast is not just neglect ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Their humanity and resilience stand in stark contrast to the relentless suffering foisted upon them - tribulations so ...

All parties in the conflict seem to be trapped in a spiral of violence. The disputes are over power, money and access to the country’s valuable natural resources. Belgian film director Thierry ...

Kinshasa (AFP) – DR Congo's prime minister said Monday that "more than 7,000" people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities ...

Both the judiciary and civil society have been steadily politicized ... Peering over the abyss of a looming third Congo War, Rwanda must decide how far it intends to reshape the geography of the ...

Three days after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels stormed the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, as the fog of war lifts from the ...

"The city of Kisangani became a war zone in 2000 as Ugandan ... "The eastern DR Congo has clearly become an epicenter of all sorts of civil militia groups, and the Congolese government has no ...

Rwanda suspended development cooperation with Belgium for trying to “sabotage” its access to financing amid disagreements over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.