Uganda army claims to have killed 242 CODECO fighters in Congo, disputed by rebel group, amid ongoing conflict.

The shooting happened Wednesday morning as officers from several departments responded to a pursuit that started in Butler ...

WIDESPREAD KILLING, RAPE, DISEASE AND WAR MAKE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HELL ON EARTH A heavy equipment operator directs a driver transporting ore in a large truck at the Tenke Fungurume ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

M23’s recent success on the battlefield is unlikely to produce a repeat of the Rwanda-led coalition’s 1997 march on Kinshasa that toppled the Congo government and ended the first civil war.

Article on the cause and human costs of the second Congo War (1998-2003) a civil war that involved multiple armed groups, most backed by large… ...

Congo’s dark history spans centuries and lingers even into the present day. Though the most recent civil war ended in 2003, the scars of that conflict are carved deep into the bodies and psyche ...

Yet the war unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains an afterthought. A bloody conflict is met with condemnations but no meaningful action. This stark contrast is not just neglect ...

Regional civil society organisations have petitioned the heads of states from Southern and East African to put in place mechanisms to protect civilians in the war-torn eastern Congo. In a ...

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has arrived in the DR Congo, his office said ... as well as victims of the conflict and civil society members.