A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage ...

Suspending an agreement between the European Union and Rwanda on critical minerals based on eastern DR Congo crisis would be counterproductive, said Dubravka Suica, EU Commissioner for the ...

After bearing witness to waves of fighting throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the eastern Congo city of Bukavu may once ...

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 rece ...

The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push govern ...

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

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

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

Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own self-interest to avert further humanitarian catastrophe ...