Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have attacked Congolese government forces in the South Kivu province, breaking a two-day lull ...

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

Africa’s second-longest river is by some distance its deepest, with a depth of up to 220 metres. The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Congolese forces were bracing for an assault on the town of Kavumu, which hosts an airport critical to supplying its troops, according to security, humanitarian and local sources. Kavumu is the ...

UN has reported mass violations, including gang rape M23 fighters, Congolese soldiers and militias all implicated The 75 Congolese soldiers facing trial fled the frontline Feb 9 (Reuters) - Congo ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

The rebels have vowed to go all the way to Kinshasa, the Congolese national capital. The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups including M23, said in an open letter to the summit that ...

Rebels face pressure to pull out of Goma The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups including M23, said in an open letter to the summit that they are fighting a Congolese regime that ...

(Reuters) - Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers ... the office said. A civil society source in Kavumu, a town 35 km north of Bukavu and home to the city's airport, said deserting ...