Several of camp for internally displaced people in Kivu Congo’s leader called for a massive military mobilization to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels who were attempting to seize more territory in the ...

Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson called the occupation an 'unacceptable breach of DRC's ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city said on Thursday they want to take ...

Congo's leader has called on young people to enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels attempting to seize more ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

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 ...

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...

Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...

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Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...