The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have entered Bukavu, a major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a ...

Fred Bauma, a Congolese activist and Director of the Ebuteli Institute, warned that the conflict in eastern DR Congo is evolving into a regional war if it hasn't already reached that stage.

Home to one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, the Congo Basin casts a sprawling natural tapestry across Central Africa. It is the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, teeming with a ...

“It will increase the risk of regional war, especially with Burundi,” Fred Bauma, the executive director of Ebuteli, a research group specializing on Congo, said about Bukavu’s fal ...

The UN refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, saying the war had left around 350,000 displaced people with no roof ...

M23 seized Kavumu airport as they headed south Residents in northern Bukavu say rebels entered without fight President warns of wider war risk at ... Republic of Congo's second-largest city ...

European Union lawmakers called for a halt to financial assistance for Rwanda because of its support for the M23 rebel insurgency in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The lawmakers urged ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) “territorial integrity” be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day ...