The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has heavily relied on foreign mercenaries to bolster its military efforts against the M23 rebels, despite the government’s insistence that they were merely ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo also hired mercenaries from abroad: Nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries were reportedly in eastern Congo until recently. The Romanians were part of a mercenary group ...

The country’s president offered a secret deal that would give the U.S. access to key minerals in return for a security pact ...

ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...

Image After the fall of Goma, European mercenaries employed by Congo left the country through ... a kleptocrat who ruled for nearly three decades. A civil war toppled Mobutu in 1997; his successor ...

He warned that the “war will take a regional dimension ... Other fighters on the ground have included mercenaries for Congo, including many Romanians, and troops from the southern Africa ...

Ever since the Congo became independent, foreign forces have been present. From Jadotville to Goma, the foreign forces have taken many guises - peacekeepers, mercenaries, rebel armies and ...

Interview - The ongoing crisis in DR Congo has drawn international attention, with various stakeholders weighing in on its causes and potential resolutions. Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a ...

Direct peace talks between AFC/M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18, Angola's ...