A total of 288 European mercenaries who were fighting alongside Congolese government army (FARDC) were repatriated to their home country, Romania. The mercenaries who had been hired by the Congolese ...

About 288 European mercenaries who were fighting alongside Congolese government army (FARDC), were repatriated to their home country, Romania. The mercenaries who had been hired by the Congolese ...

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

Refugees head to Rwanda even as Congo and the UN accuse it of fueling the conflict with its own troops and weapons.

Analysis - After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only ...

It lay dormant throughout most of the 2010s before resuming attacks on the Congolese Army in 2021. Fighting between Congo, Rwanda and various rebel groups goes back decades and is intertwined with ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries surrender to UN peacekeepers M23 rebels cornered mercenaries and remnants of Congo army after capturing eastern city of Goma Mercenaries were hired to support ...

Congo’s leader called on young people to massively enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels who were attempting to seize more territory in the country’s east ...

In many African nations, the military serves as a stabilizing force, not just for warding off aggression of neighboring ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have claimed to capture a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Goma. This is the ...

The rebels have claimed multiple victories at the expense of a larger Congolese army that has the support of a 14,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force as well as troops from African countries ...

Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of backing the rebels. The largely unchecked rebel advance that ...