M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

A leading African priest says Africa’s history can be explained as “a history of extraversion and violence,”- the idea that ...

Jan. 28 began as a normal day for “Marcus Doe,” an employee of the U.S. Agency for International Development stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He boarded a shuttle, bound for his ...

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War ... war in the DRC could emerge as one of the biggest humanitarian crises in recent history.

LUBUMBASHI is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has bemoaned inaction by the international community to end the fighting in the volatile eastern region. Experts, however, urge a local-driven process to find ...

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed armed conflicts ... To that point in its history, the militia had taxed the smuggling of minerals into Rwanda as a source of money.

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels were seen in the centre of eastern Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu ... advancing on the capital of South Kivu province since seizing the city of Goma in late January.