M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

The recent fighting in eastern DRC, which has been scarred by violence for the last 30 years, has led to at least 2,900 ...

Tshisekedi said conflict in the mineral-rich region over the last three decades had become a "battlefield for the predatory ...

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the DRC ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities ...

The First Congo War, also known as Africa’s First World War, took place from October 1996 till May 1997. It involved multiple ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

The AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa crystallized tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

President claims army still control city Anxiety grips people in capital Rebel advance is latest episode in long-running conflict Tshisekedi faces criticism for lack of action KINSHASA, Feb 19 ...

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, ...