Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Last month Goma, the largest city in the east of Congo, fell to the M23 rebel group, backed by neighboring Rwanda, as part of the group’s decade-long campaign to control the region’s mineral ...

A small subset of those Rwandans who entered DRC were Hutu extremists who began organizing militias within the Congo. Pressure intensified as Tutsi militias organized against the Hutu groups and ...

The initiative faces challenges, including President Tshisekedi's refusal to negotiate with M23, which continues to advance in eastern Congo. A national dialogue will be launched with a prayer event ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan troops have entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia to help local forces stop deadly violence by armed groups, a military spokesman said Tuesday. A meeting on ...

The unrest points to mounting disarray within the Congolese armed forces in the face of the M23 rebel group’s ongoing offensive, which has captured eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s two ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group's ...

which is mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army more than a decade ago. It's one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich ...

Eastern Congo facing grave escalation in long-running ... from the country's mining policies to the disarmament of armed groups. U.S. think tank the Pew Research Center estimates 95.8% of Congo's ...

Nangaa, who is not a Tutsi and who analysts say brings a more diverse, Congolese face to the group, told reporters of his plan to fight all the way to Kinshasa, the national capital a thousand ...