At least 34 people were killed in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to ...

While the fighting occurred very close to Goma town, most displaced persons had taken refuge with host families, as others had gathered in the concessions of churches and schools in the town.

The attack is believed to have been carried out by members of the Allied Democratic Force armed with guns and machetes.

Spurts of high lava burst from Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday night, forming a thick red cloud over Goma town, approximately 10kilometres away. Goma town has a population of about two million.

Ceasefire agreement signed in Qatar is in name only as Kigali-backed M23 and militia allied to Kinshasa clash in eastern ...

Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's besieged city of Goma have killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly ...

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in his ...

It is reported that 20,000 men, women and children fled from the Kibumba area, north of Goma on Monday. About 4,000 of these are currently camped on a makeshift site in Kibati, outside Goma town with ...

Eruption illuminates sky over Goma town. APA/AFP/Moses Sawasawa The 11,385-foot-high Nyiragongo volcano, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park, is pouring ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the world's worst air safety records. There have been numerous crashes in Goma, where the runway has not been fully repaired after a volcanic eruption in ...