Rwanda-backed rebels controlling cities in eastern Congo have forcibly closed settlement camps, leading to the displacement ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

M23, which is made up of ethnic Tutsis, say they are fighting for minority rights, while DR Congo's government says the ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...

Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which ... thousands forced to leave their homes, and which threatens ...

The Republic of Congo’s minister of mines has issued at ... He lives in Messock, in the Sangha region, in a mud house with his wife and five children. His home has neither running water nor ...

Summit may bring Congo and Rwanda leaders together for first ... displaced people north of the city now looted, destroyed or abandoned. "Healthcare facilities are overwhelmed.

There are 4 million displaced people in eastern Congo, and the rebels’ escalated offensive sent additional hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes and displacement camps in recent weeks.

"Our homes are destroyed ... Surrounding territories are now accessible by road, bordered by abandoned military posts and charred armoured vehicles. The M23 has vowed to send displaced people ...