CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including rape and murder allegedly committed as they fled in the face of a ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of D’idjwi Island in D’idjwi territory, South Kivu province, eastern ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of Congo, was in Angola to discuss a potential peace process. According to the press release, Angola will begin to establish contacts with both the Congolese government ...

MITI MURHESA, Congo (AP) — Hospitals across eastern Congo that were once at the forefront of the country’s response to the ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

At the 58th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Caritas Internationalis highlighted the widespread effects of ...

The current fighting is the result of a decision by Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi to incite ethnic violence and to support groups that perpetrated the Rwanda genocide.

At least 11 people were killed in attacks over the past day in the rebel-held Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu as ...