The Congolese army said some of the recovered towns have been occupied by rebels for months, including Ngungu, a key town in ...
The M23 rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo has seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the ...
The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic ...
The involvement of better-equipped Rwandan forces, with U.N. experts estimating up to 4,000 of them in Congo, has led to talk of war by Congo's government. A July truce brokered by the United ...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo's army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war ...
Congo’s dark history spans centuries and lingers even into the present day. Though the most recent civil war ended in 2003, the scars of that conflict are carved deep into the bodies and psyche ...
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo's army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war ...