In Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the phrase débrouillez-vous (fend for yourself) is considered such an important life lesson that the city’s inhabitants refer to it as ...

Fighting erupted on Tuesday in eastern DR Congo, three days after a call by African leaders for a ceasefire and a brief lull in the conflict.Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacked Congolese army ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have attacked Congolese government forces in the South Kivu province, breaking a two-day lull in fighting. Heavy shelling began on Tuesday morning, three days after a ...

People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an ...

The 55-nation body meets from Friday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa with Africa facing devastating conflicts in the DRC and Sudan - as well as US President Donald Trump's cuts to US development ...

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

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo's cities ...

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On Jan. 29, after an all-out urban warfare battle that killed and injured thousands of people, mostly civilians, Goma, a ...

The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and the two nations most involved in the mineral-rich ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s conflict-battered east has begun ...