Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a third major town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their stranglehold over the country’s mineral-rich east. “The city of Walikale, the ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Africa's oldest national park, its ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country's mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ceasefire ...

April 3 (Reuters) - The United States is in talks to invest billions of dollars in mineral-rich Congo and wants to help end a conflict raging in the country's east, President Donald Trump's senior ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has ... Malanga, who had declared himself "President of New Zaire," was a rich businessman and former captain in the Congolese army.

in the heart of Congo's mineral-rich mining region. According to UN officials, M23 has been operating Congolese mines in areas under its control and shipping large quantities of extracted material ...

M23's rapid advance this year has left thousands of civilians dead, displaced hundreds of thousands more and given the rebels control over much of Congo's eastern borderlands, an area rich in tin ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat has capsized after catching fire in northwestern Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official said on Wednesday. Dozens were saved ...

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Virunga in eastern DR Congo is home to a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas and more than 1,000 hippos [Getty Images] ...