Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of legend: a mokele-mbembe, Congo’s mythical dinosaur. In 2003 ...

On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma , the capital of ...

Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels Foreign powers condemn Rwanda's involvement in Congo conflict Congo seeks sanctions to pressure Rwanda into negotiations KINSHASA, Feb 3 (Reuters ...

The WHO cited nearly 2,900 injuries in the fighting. The U.N. and Congo’s government had earlier put the provisional death toll at 773. The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from ...

an independent mandate to investigate and report on grave rights violations and abuses being committed by all parties to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and to support ...

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into ...

3, 2025, as the U.N. health agency said 900 died in the fight. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) Red Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels taking over territory in DR Congo have vowed to fight all the way to the capital.

Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a unilateral ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. The M23 rebel group announced on Monday that ...