Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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