Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda ... 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 ...

Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed rebel offensive in the ...

In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... of people to flee and fueled government accusations that Rwanda was declaring war by supporting ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo’s army and ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people? The ...

Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 ... housing internally displaced people (IDPs), "causing civilian ...

A rebel militia known as M23 has seized the key Congolese city of Goma, threatening displaced civilians and raising fears of a broader war ... troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled their ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war ...

causing what the United Nations called “mass panic” among its 2 million people and leading Congo’s government to call it a “declaration of war.” With the airport shut down and roads ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week ... the city’s capture by M23 rebels has raised fears of a broader war between Congo, Rwanda and their respective allies.

(Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that ... war as Congolese troops battle a rebel advance near the largest eastern city and tens of thousands more people flee.