Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Despite the risks from deadly armed groups roaming the countryside, Judith Kahindo walks alone every day to her isolated ...

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

Now, there are fears of a third civil war following M23’s rapid takeover ... “The biggest fear is of a third Congo war.” ...

M23 rebels seized city of Bukavu after Congo army retreated U.N. says children using guns, uniforms discarded by Congo army Fighting reported in towns south of Bukavu far from front line Army ...

WHY IS WAR BREAKING OUT IN THE CONGO ... looting them from Congolese mining companies as they expand their territory. A Congolese civil society mining group alleged that M23 and Rwandan ...

“The city of Bukavu can no longer hold,” a local civil society source said ... President warns of wider war Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi meanwhile was seeking international support ...