The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

They all belonged to a group of mercenaries run by Horatiu Potra. Potra, a 55-year-old Romanian citizen, came to prominence ...

Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s ...

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 ...

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

Tshisekedi, whose government sees the group as a Rwandan proxy army driven to exploit eastern Congo’s natural resources, has previously rejected calls for direct talks with M23. But he faces ...

mainly composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army over a decade ago. Rwanda’s government denies the claim but last year admitted that it has troops and missile systems in ...

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and army officials said Saturday. The U.N. peacekeeping force, also known as ...

As fighting intensified between the Congolese army and M23 rebels for control of Goma, shells hit the maternity ward at Charité Maternelle Hospital in central Goma. According to the UN ...

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that "thousands" of people were joining the ...