Without grassroots support, Kabila was seen by many Congolese as an imposition. His belated attempt to gain legitimacy by ...

During the past few weeks in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a lengthy conflict has been condensed into a series of violent episodes that will determine the country’s future. On January ...

Late Sunday, the U.N.’s special representative for Congo told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that with the airport shut down and roads blocked in the vast region’s ...

The Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police have announced the temporary closure of four major roads leading into the city centre ...

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

Many, however, tried to flee into neighboring Rwanda, marching in the heat and through the night along roads with heavy traffic ... over control of eastern Congo’s mineral wealth, and the ...

has suspended its aid operations due to armed group and Congolese army operations that have shuttered roads and supply lines,” said David Munkley, head of operations in eastern Congo for the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, residents said ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson tells the BBC. "It is a very densely ...

Addressing the council via video link, the head of the U.N. mission in Congo Bintou Keita said M23 and supporting Rwandan forces had penetrated the outer edges of the city. "Roads are blocked and ...