Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo executed at least 21 civilians over two days in February in the ...

Congo is grappling with soaring military costs and declining tax revenues due to an offensive by Rwandan-backed rebels, who ...

In a report published on Tuesday, it claimed the Rwanda-back militants were responsible for killing, torturing, and forcibly ...

Simon Mann turned privilege, training, and raw ambition into one of the most notorious mercenary careers of the modern era.

Joseph Kabila, the ex-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has lashed out at the government of his successor - ...

Once a fighter is classified as a “mercenary”, they lose all the legal protections that are traditionally afforded lawful combatants. This includes prisoner of war status if they are captured ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan ...

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract ...

Rubaya mines in Congo are rich in coltan, essential for electronics. Armed groups control the mines amid ongoing conflict. M23 rebels profit by taxing coltan trade, exporting it through Rwanda.

Both Kigalia and M23 accuse the Congo government of supporting the FDLR, which has also committed numerous atrocities in the region. According to some sources, most families lived in a ...

GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were repatriated on Saturday, the U.N. refugee agency said, after Rwandan-backed rebels ...

as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.” The M23 rebels announced the city’s capture in a ...