Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people in ...

The march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo risks escalating into a regional conflict, with countries such as ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world’s coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

Significant minerals found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has significant minerals found in the region.Cobalt: The DRC holds over 70 per cent ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which ...

Is it too late, asked Le Pays (Ouagadougou): have we "reached the point of no return" for another catastrophic conflict in ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

By Ashoka Mukpo On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...