Reiterating that there can be no military solution to the crisis in eastern DR Congo, the UN Security Council, on Friday, February 21, unanimously adopted a resolution that condemns the Congolese ...

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...

Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the ...

Rwanda’s government on Friday asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo, ...

As many as six million people died. The conflict can be traced to the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in neighbouring Rwanda, where Hutu militias killed between 500,000 and one million ethnic Tutsi, as ...

After taking the city, the Tutsi-led rebels were said to be moving toward Bukavu, in South Kivu, but appeared held up on Friday by Congolese troops supported by Burundi's army. Well-trained and ...

Goma residents have frequently demonstrated against Rwanda and the M23, the latest in a long line of Tutsi-led rebel movements active in mineral-rich eastern Congo. The group also captured Goma in ...

Rwanda has consistently denied the allegation. The group is composed of Tutsi fighters and claims it is battling for the rights of the DRC’s minority Tutsi population. It emerged in 2012 after a ...

The volatile situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a long history. Here's what you need to know. Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large ...

The rebel alliance, spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia, announced the coup d'etat in a statement, urging residents of Goma to remain calm. Meanwhile, the government in Congo said the ...

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo’s largest city, Goma on Monday and troops from the east African neighbours exchanged fire over the border in the worst escalation of the long ...