In 2022 he was taken hostage for two months by a rebel group, which he blames on the government, and is now based in Uganda.

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Congo has roughly 260,000 soldiers and other security forces, according to the 2025 budget law. Official monthly salaries since 2022 have averaged between $100 and $200 for all ranks, government ...

Several opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have boycotted the ongoing political consultations ...

Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held their first direct talks last week in Qatar, ...

Southern and Eastern African countries have expanded a team of former heads of state overseeing efforts to resolve the ...

Angola announced Monday it would withdraw from its role as mediator in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in order to focus on its presidency of the African Union. Angolan ...

A de facto ceasefire between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed rebels in the eastern Congo town of Walikale appeared to ...

Rwanda just became the latest African country to break residual chains and kick out their former Belgian colonisers.

M23 armed group keeps hold of the town of Walikale which it recently captured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels staging an offensive in east Congo said on Saturday they would withdraw forces from the seized town ...