Congo's government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a ...

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course ...

Coltan linked to conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has likely entered the European Union market through ...

The United Nations has condemned the widespread rape and sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported in the first two months of this year amid ...

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 Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended Joseph Kabila’s political party, PPRD, accusing him of backing the M23 armed ...

Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 ... prompting fears of regional war. On Thursday, M23 withdrew from Walikale, a key mining town in eastern Congo it captured ...

The conflict has created one of the world ... of Goma and Bukavu and several towns in eastern Congo, prompting fears of regional war involving neighbors whose militaries are also on the ...

Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by decades of conflict, but tensions have been heightened in recent months by the advance of the M23 armed group which the international community says is backed ...