Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- ...

STORY: President Paul Kagame said that Rwanda was ready to, quote, "deal with" any possible "confrontation" with South Africa ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. On Thursday, power and mobile data services, which had been down for days, were back ...

Members of the Congolese Red Cross collect bodies of alleged members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) armed group on Thursday announced its willingness to dialogue with the government of the Democratic ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...

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The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

The State Department is urging Americans not to visit and to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo as rebellion intensifies.

Congo’s leader has called on young people to enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels attempting to seize more ...