They told others to dig a hole, get in, then they piled earth on top of them, while they were still alive." Watch Mukantabana ...

Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

M23 rebels handed over captured FDLR fighters to Rwandan authorities in Goma, DR Congo. The FDLR is a DR Congo-based militia ...

The abducted men were suspected of being Democratic Republic ... Rwanda denies this and says it is defending itself against ethnic Hutu-led militias bent on slaughtering Tutsis in Congo and ...

Burundian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC that men were not being allowed ... and ethnic make-up - with Tutsi and Hutu communities often vying for power ...

Burundian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC that men were not being allowed over the border ... The countries share a similar language and ethnic make-up - with ...

At the same time, Rwanda says it is necessary to keep fighting the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu militia, which Rwanda claims was founded by men who perpetrated the ...

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

The country’s president offered a secret deal that would give the U.S. access to key minerals in return for a security pact ...

The Congolese chapter of Islamic State has a ruthless way of stopping outsiders reporting their presence to the authorities.