An investigation by the Romanian ministry of defence has found that hundreds of active-duty soldiers and reservists worked in DR Congo as mercenaries, European media reports said. In the war with M23 ...

ALSO READ: DR Congo: European mercenaries surrender to M23 ... Unlike regular combatants, they do not qualify for prisoner-of-war status under international law and are subject to prosecution.

When Stanleyville fell last November, the white mercenaries who had fought the Congolese rebels began to fall apart themselves. They were getting little money, weapons or encouragement from ...

South Africa had tried to avoid having its troops leave through Rwanda, which it thought would give Kigali the satisfaction ...

Additionally, some active-duty soldiers, while on parental leave, were found to have fought in Congo under the command of Horațiu Potra, a mercenary who gained notoriety for providing security to ...

A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern ...

Congolese authorities say at least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in the country's conflict-hit east where government forces are fighting Rwanda-backed rebels ...

The leader of a war-torn African nation has put ... United Nations troops and private mercenaries and seized key cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east. The Congolese letter didn’t specify ...