The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

In Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the phrase débrouillez-vous (fend for yourself) is considered ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

The history of conflict in the DRC, currently intensified by the advancement of M23 rebels, is fraught with complexity.

History is repeating itself. Neocolonialism now shapes the extraction of DRC resources. Read more: DRC is the world's largest producer of cobalt - how control by local elites can shape the global ...

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

In an exclusive interview, Rwandan President Paul Kagame answers questions over his support for – and the ambitions of – the rebel group that has taken the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Between the threat of the M23 in Goma and backlash from protesters in Kinshasa condemning the silence of Western embassies, foreign groups are proceeding with caution. During protests against Western ...

And Corneille Nangaa, who leads a rebel alliance of which M23 is the largest member, has vowed to march on the DRC’s capital ...

After deliberating on the security situation in Eastern DRC, the summit has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...