Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the Democratic Republic of Congo is often presented as a struggle to control ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

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

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, ...

After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

Now head of the Congo River Alliance (CRA) and allied with the Rwanda-backed M23, Corneille Nangaa Yubeluo has seized key cities, including Goma, and vows to march on Kinshasa. Sentenced to death in ...

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

Past experience with the integration of armed groups raises concerns about potential competition for resources and ...