The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all those with influence to help halt the violence and warning of a ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Did you know that there has never been a single Tutsi armed group in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo before 1995? In this article, we will delve into the historical context of the ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

While Goma has fallen into the hands of the rebel group and the Rwandan army, Sake, just a few kilometers away, remains ...

Donald Trump said the US should take control of the devastated Gaza Strip, shunt the area’s residents to other countries and rebuild it into a new “Riviera,” a proposal at odds with America’s fraught ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...

The World Health Organization said that at least 900 bodies were recovered from the streets of Goma as of last Friday ...