Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

With tensions rising and the fear of violence casting a heavy shadow over the city, Goma stands as a ghost town, its streets stripped of the energy that once defined it. The hum of daily life has been ...

Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.

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The Democratic Republic of  Congo (DRC) continues to face an escalating humanitarian crisis as conflict-driven displacement leaves millions without access to food, clean water, electricity, and basic ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Over 40 scholars from across the humanities and social sciences gathered at The Africa Institute Global Studies University ...

The DA and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were outraged on Wednesday after a meeting of Parliament’s defence committee was ...

For decades, the country has been at war and as a result, Br. Adophe explained, “there is no dignity of life.” “In Congo, you ...

M23 rebels escort Romanian mercenaries past UN peacekeepers to the border crossing into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic ...

The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...