DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a ...

Fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral wealth has killed millions. Trump wants to end it, and potentially reap huge rewards.

War in eastern Congo escalates amid international hesitancy. ... "Germany and Europe are of course more directly affected" by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Kerstan said.

Washington airport was dank as any Congo rain forest. The diplomatic greeters, led by Secretary of State Christian Herter, huddled under a long blue canopy on rollers, but rain trickled down the ...

In the 1960s the U.S. was supporting the fledgling Congo government. Our mission was to defeat the Simba rebels, who were proxies for the Soviet Union and China.

The United States is telling Rwanda and Congo they "must walk back from the brink of war," the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict between the African neighbors.

The Second Congo War, known also as Africa’s World War, began on Aug. 4, 1998, with one of the most audacious military operations in modern history, Operation Kitona, described by a U.S ...

“Our children were born in war. We live in war,” Jean Bahati, his face beaded with sweat, said as he paused for breath. It was the fifth time that he and his wife had been forced to flee, he said.