The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is trapped in an unrelenting cycle of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian suffering ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

Democratic Republic of Congo Defence Forces gather in the North Kivu province village of Mukondi. File image/ AP Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu ...

1960 - Congo becomes independent with Patrice Lumumba ... 1996-97 - First Congo War. A civil war and international military conflict, which culminates in a rebel invasion replacing President ...

End Congo clash for Africa to move ahead The recent killings of more than 700 people in the Goma region of Eastern Congo are sad memories of the history of wars and instability that continue to rock ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday (February 7), warning that ...

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies ... Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put in place an ethnic ...

Move over, "Saving Private Ryan": We're dusting off some nearly forgotten war movies for your viewing ... ("Stardust"), the movie is set in the 1960s Congo. Irish troops are sent to the area ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards ... deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its ...

Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put in place an ethnic quota system that shared positions between Hutus and Tutsis equally.