DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced Monday in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War, in a verdict ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted in one of Africa's ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June. But residents, ...

GOMA, Congo — For Nelly Shukuru, there was no way out. The fighting that forced her from her home, the squalid conditions in the displacement camp in eastern Congo, the hunger, all felt inescapable.

The seizure of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the March 23 Movement, or M23, in late January exacerbated the humanitarian crisis fueled by the rebel group’s resurgence and escalation ...

In January, an offensive from the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group routed much larger armies of the United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebels seized Goma, the largest city in ...

From 1998 to 2003, the Second Congo War raged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It involved nine African nations and became one of the largest wars in African history. The war began about a ...

Rwanda suspended development cooperation with Belgium for trying to “sabotage” its access to financing amid disagreements over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

GOMA, Congo — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June. But residents, conflict ...