Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what appears to be an attempt to expand their area of control in the country's ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 29 (IANS) Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), will not attend the crisis meeting hosted by his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto ...

Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma ... Reverend Damiri, chaplain of the HEAL Africa hospital in Goma, told the BBC that it was calm where he was ...

Gunfire rang out across parts of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hours after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said they had seized it despite the United ...

Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they advanced through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army confirmed on Friday. Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami, North Kivu's ...

M23 rebels seize Minova, key supply route to Goma Congo, UN accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels Latest fighting displaces over 178,000 people, NGOs suspend activities GOMA, Democratic Republic of ...

Amid escalating violence in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese army has announced significant military gains against the M23 rebel group. Over the weekend ...

Several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been recaptured by government forces, according to the Congolese army. The Armed Forces of the ...

The Republic of the Congo became an independent nation on August 15th, 1960. Measuring in at more than two million square kilometers, Central Africa’s Congolian rainforests play host to a truly ...

Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 290,000 people were forced to flee in December due to fighting in the Lubero region of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the second-largest country in Africa in terms of area. It has huge tropical rainforests, large reserves of freshwater and valuable mineral resources.