The term "Mai-Mai" (Mayi-Mayi) refers to a range of local and community-based militias who were active during the Congo's two wars between 1996 and 2003 and since. The groups are the most prolific ...

Using spears and machine guns, the pro-government fighters, known as Mai-Mai, attacked Butembo in the north-eastern Masisi region on Monday. Ugandan troops stationed in the area intervened in support ...

The medical aid group, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, said the medical consequences resulting from the displacement of civilians from fighting between the ...

At least 27 people have been killed and seven injured after Maï-Maï fighters attacked Hutu civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s restive North-Kivu province on Friday (17 ...

UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Armed Mai-Mai combatants on Thursday reportedly joined anti-UN demonstrators in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said.

Goma, DRC - More than 500 traditional warriors, formerly allied with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government, have joined rebel ranks, rebel officials said on Monday. The Mai-Mai fighters ...

Tribal militias have taken control of the town of Uvira in war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after heavy fighting with rebels. The fighting comes after the recent withdrawal of ...

Security officials in Kasese district in western Uganda have revealed that the UPDF intercepted four Mai-Mai militiamen from neighbouring DR Congo, who were reportedly trying to sneak into Uganda ...