The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

The horrific discovery was made in an abandoned village in the DR Congo this Friday. The victims, reported to be hostages of the ADF rebels, were found in a Protestant church in Kasanga ...

20, dozens of angry youngsters, some draped in the Congo flag, trampled on the flags of France, the US, EU and Poland. DR Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels – a claim Kigali has ...

DR Congo's government, as well as the US and France, have also identified Rwanda as backing the group. Last year, a UN experts report said that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were fighting alongside ...

International courts have failed to stop three decades of atrocities in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, showing a special tribunal is needed, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who ...