Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of the country bordering Uganda. The attack comes as eastern Congo may see an ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the city of Beni in North Kivu province from neighbouring Uganda, amid clashes between ...

Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers step up ceasefire efforts Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

That month, an expert panel reported to the UN that a “parallel administration” was being established in territories seized by the M23 in North Kivu—arrangements that included the systematic ...

Congo rejects this and says Rwanda has used the M23 as a proxy to loot its minerals such as gold and coltan, used in smartphones and computers.

Following the fall of regional capital Goma, in North Kivu, at the end of January, the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group is now making headway against Congelese Government forces towards Bukavu, the ...