As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

Unlike Goma, the movement met little resistance from ... Pope Francis referred to the Congo violence as an overlooked genocide perpetrated by generations of exploiters, plunderers and power ...

Many Hutus fled to Congo after the genocide and founded the Democratic Forces for the ... Congo's forces were being supported in Goma by troops from South Africa and in Bukavu by troops from Burundi.

And ferry service resumed between Goma and Bukavu, the only way to travel between them for now. Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in ...

A defence and security expert has welcomed the decision by the South African Development Community (SADC) to terminate the mandate of its military mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC), saying the troops were ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

At least 3,000 were reported killed and thousands displaced in the Goma fighting. The M23 is the most prominent ... Rwanda accuses Congo of enlisting Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide of ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted 130 men from two hospitals in Goma, east Congo, accusing them of being Congo soldiers or militia members. The ongoing conflict, linked to Rwanda's genocide and ...

As fights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo escalate, Elkhart County residents are protesting for peace. Alma and Evra Tshisola, of Elkhart, put together a small protest at the Elkhart County ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.