Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco, the African Union’s peace mediator for the conflict in Congo, is pushing for direct talks ...

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

Facing ongoing defeats and diminishing regional support, the Democratic Republic of Congo considers negotiating with M23 ...

Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will engage in direct negotiations in the coming days to end the conflict in the ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering participating in peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, ...

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

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...