The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

Days after protests erupted over Goma's fall to M23 rebels and Rwandan forces, Kinshasa remained paralyzed. Fear has halted ...

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

The Luanda Process has not been able to bring tangible results either. The reasons for this failure include bad faith from ...

These unfortunate attacks happened in the full glare of DRC security ... triggered riots in Kinshasa, where protestors attacked the Kenyan embassy on Avenue de l'Ouganda Gombe, alongside those ...

Kinshasa isn't just the DRC's largest city ... housing neighborhoods that run the gamut from affluent areas like Gombe, which hosts embassies and government offices, to less affluent regions ...

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 ...

The chaos has become a pressing concern for residents. Reaching Gombe, Kinshasa's central business district, for instance, can take up to five hours from surrounding neighbourhoods. When he came ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government ...

KINSHASA: Vandalised embassies, looted supermarkets and piles of burning tyres marked chaotic demonstrations Tuesday (Jan 28) in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa to denounce the "inaction" of the ...

Some of these fighters grew up in refugee camps in countries close by, only to return and take up arms against government forces and armed groups loyal to Kinshasa. DRC shares borders with nine ...

The eastern DRC has become the site of renewed tensions between Kigali and Kinshasa. Rwanda lies to the east of the DRC. The two nations share a border of about 217 kilometres. Kigali accuses the ...