Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

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

Over the past two years, the Kivus and Ituri regions have witnessed increased violence due to a military campaign by the M23.

(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...

Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of Congo’s mineral-rich east, and are ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

The independence of the African colonies - the independence of Congo in particular - was a lie, the movie continues. A ruse put together by American and European governments and companies to keep ...