The US and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo or DRC) may soon begin formal negotiations on a critical minerals deal. Discussions are under way, the Congolese presidency confirmed to ...

ALSO READ: DR Congo, M23 to have direct talks, says Angola Between late January and February, M23 rebels, who are part of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), took control of Goma and Bukavu ...

Contrary to what was earlier announced, the Congolese army (FARDC) and its coalition forces have not withdrawn their attack drones from the town of Walikale, a situation that is delaying the ...

A new trio of African leaders will try to broker a peace deal, with the ICC prosecutor arriving for an investigation, as fighting between M23 militants and the Congolese army goes on ...

Despite previously refusing to engage in negotiations, Congolese officials have agreed to meet M23 rebels in Luanda to discuss an end to the deadly conflict. https ...

The troops were sent two years ago to support the Congolese army fight the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, which has seized control of large parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo this year.

“Following the steps taken by the Angolan mediation ... delegations from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 will begin direct peace talks on March 18 in the city of Luanda,” the ...

More than 7,000 people have been killed in the fighting since January, DR Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. She said ...

Corneille Nangaa, a former head of DR Congo's electoral commission, now leads the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23 rebel group. He has addressed large rallies in the cities under the ...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (AFP)—Escalating attacks have struck hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during the ongoing anti-government assault by the ...

"As mediator in the conflict in eastern DR Congo, Angola will establish contacts with the M23 so that delegations from Congo and the M23 can hold direct negotiations in Luanda in the coming days ...

According to the UN, Rwanda has thousands of troops deployed in DR Congo. But President Paul Kagame’s government denies supporting the rebels, while claiming that his army is defending itself ...