Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight. By Ruth Maclean Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their progress has been swift and stunning.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday, M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops entered the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They have now taken control of the city ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east ...

Early in the week, by many accounts, the so-called M23 rebels had effectively taken Goma, the biggest and most important city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lofty names can be ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take their fight to the country's capital – but their attempts to march south are have been met by resistance. Rwanda-backed rebels ...