The DRC, with its vast territory and abundant mineral wealth has become a key battleground for external powers whose interests in the country’s resources have exacerbated internal strife.

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East African leaders have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid fighting that ...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has reaffirmed that he is committed to collaborating with other countries to find a lasting solution for the ongoing conflicts in the Eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), promised late Wednesday a vigorous response to the advances of March 23 ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...

NAIROBI, KENYA - Seventeen U.N. peacekeepers have been killed this year in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Re ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma ...

East African Community (EAC) heads of state on Wednesday urged all parties to the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic ...