Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo’s second largest city as residents fled by the thousands to escape the ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

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The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, the UN said ... march to Congo's capital, Kinshasa, which is roughly 1,600 ...

Some residents in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday welcomed an ... the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the key eastern city of Goma. “I would like to congratulate the chief for ...

Vatican City, Vatican City - January 29 ... I also follow with apprehension what is happening in the capital, Kinshasa, hoping that all forms of violence against people and their property will ...

The fighters have now said they will push on to the capital city Kinshasa, further raising the prospect of a full-blown regional conflict in an area larger than Western Europe. The M23 militia is ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Tuesday, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a ...

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo ... food shortages and thousands of displaced people in the city of Goma, in the east of the country and that the rebels claimed to have taken Monday ...

The Congolese government confirmed the presence of M23 rebels in Goma, 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of capital Kinshasa, ...