The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

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

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend the upcoming African Union summit on efforts to stop the conflict with ...

The U.N. refugee agency has expressed concern over the rapidly worsening situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

The U.N. children's fund says armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels as the conflict in the mineral- rich region intensified in ...

In a statement on social media, a spokesperson for the M23 rebels said the group was in control of Kavumu airport in South Kivu province - a key strategic location for the Congolese army - and ...