UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

Why did the M23 militia capture the city of Goma which lies in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo? Does Rwanda have ...

Dozens of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

Learn more about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and how humanitarian organizations are ...

The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of ...

The remains of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who were killed in fighting in the eastern ...

The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

The M23 has in recent months swiftly seized tracts of territory in mineral-rich east DRC after again taking up arms in late ...

Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual ...