Two bodies lay on a Bukavu road, lynched by a mob accusing them of taking part in the widespread pillaging of the eastern DR ...

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

The crisis in east DRC is planned to be discussed at an African Union meeting in Addis Ababa on Friday.

Ethnic strife forms only one part of the story. The mineral-rich regions in the DRC’s east, coveted by nations and armed groups alike, form the other part. The DRC is home to Coltan, the ore ...

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stymie peacekeepers' efforts to safely dispose of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and trigger more ...

Much of DRC’s mineral wealth is split between its government and armed groups who control swathes of the resource-rich east. “Access to natural resources is at the heart of this conflict ...

Bensah added the recent joint summit of the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) on DRC shows how important the crisis is to African leaders. Another ...

The M23 has in recent months swiftly seized tracts of territory in mineral-rich east DRC after again taking up arms in late 2021. Clashes were taking place Tuesday near the locality of Ihusi ...

the leaders will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the violence in DRC, where the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group has routed the Congolese army to seize parts of the mineral-rich east.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stymie peacekeepers' efforts to safely dispose of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and trigger more ...

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...