Following his tour of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in eastern DR Congo, Alain Destexhe, a former Belgian senator, said that he found the city to be peaceful as inhabitants went about ...

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 ...

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 ...

At least 50 people have died from an unknown disease in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC. Local authorities reported on Monday that over 943 cases of fever of unknown origin have ...

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 ...