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 ...

Congolese soldiers solemnly moved through the streets of downtown Goma - with white bands around their heads and their hands empty of guns. They are battered from days of non-stop fighting and ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel ... interviews with three senior army officers and a confidential U.N. memo seen by Reuters paint a grim ...

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

"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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern ...

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 ...