Inside the Goma Cultural Center in Congo, dozens of guitars once used to teach Goma’s youth hang silently on the wall.

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Police in eastern Congo killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on mourners at the funeral of a slain singer known for denouncing both his own ...

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo says international sanctions and the planned minerals deal that the country has offered the US will not ...

The ongoing crisis in DR Congo has drawn international attention, with various stakeholders weighing in on its causes and potential resolutions. Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a long-time ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ceasefire "doesn't concern ...

The conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed ... Last year, the UN said M23 generated around $300,000 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo's mineral-rich east said Monday they were withdrawing from peace talks this week with the Congolese government ...

They include Congolese government soldiers, foreign mercenaries, a United Nations peacekeeping ... the M23 took control of eastern Congo’s main city of Goma and seized the second largest city ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, ...

A special representative of UN secretary-general held ... its territorial control in eastern Congo since December, seizing the provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu. Fighting since January ...