A lightning advance in Congo's mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion's illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals ...

Cafod warned that food shortages and disease threatened a humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The directive ends nearly three years of restrictions on operational ...

Goma is a lucrative hub because of its niche to valuable deposits of gold, coltan and tin which are minerals essential in the global supply chain for electronics and industrial manufacturing.

GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo 's key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a stadium rally and promising safety under their ...

Rwanda risks an economic backlash over its support for rebels rampaging through neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.Most ...

The rebels overran the city of Goma on Tuesday, sparking a humanitarian crisis in the region and prompting the G7's foreign ministers to issue a statement calling for an end to their offensive.

At least 773 people were killed in the eastern city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed ...