Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

More than 400 children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recruited into conflict in first two months of 2025 ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

The M23 is one of the most important actors operating in the DRC territory, allegedly supported by Rwanda. While the M23’s ...

The SAMIDRC was sent to help the government of the DRC, a Southern African Development Community member, restore peace and ...

A delegation from the Forum of Parliamentarians in the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (PF-ICGLR) is in ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have agreed on a phased withdrawal of troops attached to the SADC ...