Sultani Makenga fought with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in the early 1990s [AFP] ...

The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern DR Congo. In an urgent session ...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the country's east, battling the national army and capturing key places as they ...

Conflict Minerals - A Convenient Myth for DR Congo's M23 War?

In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed and the fighting has sparked an ominous war of words between DR Congo and its neighbour, Rwanda. So how did DR Congo - the ...

Newborns and women in labor died in the bombings. Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances in North Kivu "I also follow with concern the events in the capital ...

In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst European failures that Leopold gathered ...

The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...