There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...

ramping up the risk of a return to full-blown regional war. Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears By David Lewis and Sonia Rolley NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south ...

A photo story featured in the issue put a human face to the war in Congo. Daniel Buuma’s humanising images juxtaposed with the dehumanising effects of war, poverty, and displacement foster ...