Abuses against civilians by government forces and armed groups have become rampant in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Americans are learning and doing what civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades, while also writing their own ...

The leader of the AFC/M23 rebel movement in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a drone attack ...

The Washington Accords, signed in December 2025 between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda under US mediation, promised an end to the devastating armed conflict in eastern Congo through troop ...

For months, people feared an onward assault on nearby Uvira, which had become an important stronghold for the Congolese army and pro-government militias (known as Wazalendo), and an entry point for ...

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved ones ...

Armed groups' expanding control in eastern DRC is collapsing independent reporting, forcing journalists into exile or silence while erasing public oversight of a deepening humanitarian emergency.

In September 1961, deep in the African Congo, 155 Irish soldiers found themselves surrounded by over 3,000 battle-hardened mercenaries and[...] ...

From the Sahel to Sudan, rising conflicts and regional tensions are driving a new arms race. Here is a breakdown of the continent’s top-ranking military powers in infographics.

One of the rarest versions of the FN49 rifle is the Belgian Congo contract, made to equip the Force Publique there - the military force in the territory when it was a Belgian colony. A total of 2,795 ...