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On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.
Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint agreement a rare bright spot in the conflict. By Ruth Maclean The ...
M23 has staged an unprecedented advance since January, seizing eastern Congo's two largest cities in an assault that has killed thousands and raised fears of a wider regional war. The latest peace ...
In eastern Congo, where renewed fighting between government forces and the M23 rebel group rages on, a different kind of ...
Elon Musk has created headlines for his latest social media post, in which he reacted to an episode of History 102 that aired ... King Leopold II occupied the Congo. According to the official ...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now face a task as mundane ...
KIBUMBA, Democratic Republic of Congo(Reuters) - Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to tend fields now under ...
FILE - Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony in which Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, left, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, right ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo government will initiate legal proceedings against former President Joseph Kabila for allegedly supporting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the country’s mineral-rich ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio with his counterparts from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in D.C. last month. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) In a darkening world, here’s an ...
DOHA - The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western ...
Once inside, the first thing you hear at Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a chorus of women, their songs filling the morning air, announcing that chapel has begun.