Just two months after Congo’s independence, Lumumba was dismissed as prime minister and placed under house arrest. He briefly managed to flee but was captured again in December ... in a bid to restore ...

Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

Congolese authorities announced that over 170 prisoners on death row over armed robberies would be executed. A recent video on TikTok purportedly shows the alleged convicts before, during and after ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, that history tried to sever ...

Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... announcement. Image: M23 rebels on the streets of Goma. Pic: AP/Brian Inganga Following the capture of the ...

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after the M23 rebels say they captured the major city in eastern Congo last week GOMA, Congo -- Hundreds of wounded people ...

An African diplomat said: "The Rwandan, Congolese and Burundian armies are already clashing on the ground in eastern Congo. "The capture of Goma was a wake-up call for the international community ...