With three neighbouring armies already on the ground, a conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is evolving into a wider regional war.

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

Rebels say Congo soldiers 'abandoned' population Army exit gave rise to crime, prison break Rapid offensive has fanned fears of a wider war Congo accuses Rwanda of seizing minerals Feb 17 (Reuters ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Clashes between the rebel coalition Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and Congolese forces have left more than 3,000 people dead in less than two weeks, according to DRC’s government.

Cobalt, a key battery metal used in the production of electric vehicles (EVs), is one of the DRC’s major exports. The move ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have entered a second major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, furthering a war that already has claimed thousands of lives. Hundreds of ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has asked the NBA, along with Formula 1 and numerous major European soccer clubs, including Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, to stop doing ...