After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

Congolese M23 rebels are seen as they withdraw from the three antennes location in Kibumba, near Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, December 23, 2022.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Complicating matters is the ambiguous role of regional actors. Uganda has expanded its military presence in North Kivu and Ituri ostensibly to address worsening insecurity and contain M23.

KINSHASA, (April 7, 2025) – The number of children going hungry in war-torn eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surged 50% due to an escalation in violence this year, ...

Rulers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rarely, if ever, fully controlled the east of Africa’s second-largest country. Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu ...

Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo — Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, three days after a call by African leaders for a ceasefire and a brief lull in the conflict.

02/11/2025 At least 50 people have been killed in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, several local officials said. They set fire to houses, looted and reportedly raped ...

A mosque and military headquarters once teeming with fighters loyal to the Islamic State group lays empty in a desiccated field near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Uganda. The two ...

The head of government in the Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off Friday (Nov. 22) an assessment mission in the country's war-torn east. Judith Suminwa and an large delegation landed on Friday ...

Its very first investigation, launched on 23 June 2004, was in that country, aiming to shed light on thousands of deaths, rapes, torture cases, forced displacements, and illegal recruitment of child ...