The economy of the North Kivu capital, seized by the rebel movement and its Rwandan allies in late January, has ground to a ...

In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and ...

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.

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

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east ...

Congolese mining industry analyst Jean-Pierre Okenda said some oversight of the deal would be wise, suggesting parliament and civil society should also be consulted if it was going to serve the ...

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 ...

beginning his career as aide-de-camp to now-President Paul Kagame during his insurgency in the Rwandan Civil War. He led Rwandan-backed rebel forces during the First Congo War that saw the ...