Critical minerals factor into the fight.

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo ...

Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war, ...

Rwandans, Congolese, Africans, and the international community have watched as the predictable drama from Paul Kagame’s ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing ...

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After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.