The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis ...

In January, the rebel group M23 captured Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethnic ... started a civil war trying to take back control of Rwanda, and ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January ... a kleptocrat who ruled for nearly three decades. A civil war toppled Mobutu in 1997; his successor, Laurent ...

From HIV services to volcano monitoring, the loss of USAID funding is putting millions of lives at risk around the world, as planned UK cuts threaten a further blow.

As part of a book project on the mechanisms of genocide ideology in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu Province, Harvard scholar Bojana Coulibaly and her research partner travelled to the region to ...

The Congolese group said decision was in line with a ceasefire declared in February and in support of peace initiatives.

WIDESPREAD KILLING, RAPE, DISEASE AND WAR MAKE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HELL ON EARTH A heavy equipment operator directs a driver transporting ore in a large truck at the Tenke Fungurume ...

In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country in Africa with rich mineral deposits that have been fought over for decades. In recent months, the rebel group M23 has expanded its control in ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

The statement was one of many in recent weeks coming from the United States, United Nations, the DRC and Human Rights Watch, among others, to accuse Rwanda of supporting Congo’s M23 rebels.