Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Rwanda-backed rebels are closing in on the key eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Bukavu, promising to continue their lightning offensive until they take the national capital.

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city said on Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called ...

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 ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

President Paul Kagame said Rwanda was ready for "confrontation" as he rejected criticism over his backing for M23 rebels who ...

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

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

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 ...

France's Foreign Ministry said that Congo's territorial integrity was "not negotiable" after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took ...

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

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