Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

With three neighbouring armies already on the ground, a conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is evolving into a wider regional war.

The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

Map locates Goma, Bukavu ... On the other side of the conflict is M23, a militia with decades of experience in eastern Congo and backed by as many as 4,000 well-armed, well-trained Rwandan ...

Felix Tshisekedi told a meeting of the ruling Sacred Union coalition not to be distracted by internal quarrels.

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo KINSHASA, Congo -- More than 7,000 people have ...

Blasts at M23 Rally in Eastern Congo Kill 11, Wound 65, Rebel Leader Says (Reuters) - Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 ...

Burundi Troops Withdraw in Eastern Congo as M23 Rebels Expand Reach, Sources Say (Reuters) -Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...