The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

Those who supported the National People’s Power (NPP) at the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections seem to have ...

DR Congo government officials have become experts at shifting blame instead of taking responsibility for governance and security on their territory, Yolande Makolo, the Rwanda government spokesperson, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The head of the UN Human Rights Office, Volker Türk, said that the worst could be ahead in the escalation of the crisis in ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.

According to local sources, the fighting escalated on Thursday and continued into the early hours of Friday, with new clashes ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

Previously, the UN reported that around 2,900 people had been killed and 2,880 wounded in Goma as a result of the hostilities ...

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident ...