The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been ...

In a statement on social media, a spokesperson for the M23 rebels said the group was in control of Kavumu airport in South Kivu province - a key strategic location for the Congolese army - and ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international ...

After bearing witness to waves of fighting throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the eastern Congo city of Bukavu may once ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned Rwanda against attacking it as tension rises over the deadly conflict in ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...