Trials reveal army's dysfunction amid rebel advances Poor pay and corruption hinder army reform efforts Tshisekedi blames military leaders for poor performance March 3 (Reuters) - Congolese ...

A Congolese army spokesperson said he could ... where the South African air force has a base.An employee in Lubumbashi airport told Reuters on Saturday that he had seen several rotations of ...

About 45,000 displaced people are sheltering in a crowded open-air stadium in Rugombo, a few km (miles) from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo where the Congolese army and M23 rebel ...

"We cannot applaud anything done by force." Congolese troops are under pressure on multiple fronts. The town of Minembwe in the mountains of South Kivu and its airfield were captured Friday by a ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and civil society leaders, a day after the Congolese and ...

Congolese soldiers stood trial for crimes including rape and murder allegedly committed as they fled a lightning advance from Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters.

(Reuters) - Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes ... and a confidential U.N. memo seen by Reuters paint a grim picture of a fighting force hobbled by entrenched problems such as ...