Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than ... acts that were met with international opprobrium and accusations of war crimes and human rights ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Now, there are fears of a third civil war following M23’s rapid takeover ... “The biggest fear is of a third Congo war.” ...

M23 rebels seized city of Bukavu after Congo army retreated U.N. says children using guns, uniforms discarded by Congo army Fighting reported in towns south of Bukavu far from front line Army ...

beginning his career as aide-de-camp to now-President Paul Kagame during his insurgency in the Rwandan Civil War. He led Rwandan-backed rebel forces during the First Congo War that saw the ...

“The city of Bukavu can no longer hold,” a local civil society source said ... President warns of wider war Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi meanwhile was seeking international support ...

committing human rights abuses and bringing Congo to the brink of civil war. The ex-president has been equally withering in private, according to sources that either spoke to Kabila directly or ...