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.

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

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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 ...

Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and ...

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

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 ...

The volatile situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a long history. Here's what you need to know.Surging violence ...