A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interest in Congolese resources could help propel the peace process.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the country's east, battling the national army and capturing key places as they ...

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said Burundi would find it "difficult" trying to engage in African Union-led mediation of the conflict in eastern DR ...

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On February 6, Congolese President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi honored Angolan journalist Hariana Verás with a Bible, presented by Ambassador Antoine Ghonda in Washington. Verás is known for her biased ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo conflict is a resource war driven by mineral extraction, not just myths. Violence became ...

On Monday, Goma, the largest city in the mineral-rich northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire), fell to the Rwandan-backed M23 militia. Situated near the Rwandan border, ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new ...

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The DR Congo's justice minister Constant Mutamba will be questioned by a parliamentary commission on suspicion of misappropriating nearly $20 million in war reparations, the lower house's speaker said ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala Wednesday said France's judiciary was not competent to try him as he went on trial in Paris over atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more ...