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

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

I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group ...

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in ...

Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

Since Goma was taken by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters earlier this week, some 100,000 internally displaced people have left the jam-packed hillside where they had set up several years ago. The M23 ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

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In our news wrap Wednesday, at least 30 people in India were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during the ... advisory for the Democratic Republic of Congo to its highest level advising ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured large parts of Goma, including its airport, intensifying the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. The battle left many dead and displaced, with international ...