Helen’s child by rape gives her a link “forward into the future.” Bearing children also meant protecting them from their ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 Rwandan genocide, the worst genocide since the end ... Lacking a proper airforce, Rwandan forces and their allies seized Goma’s airport in the east, hijacking two Boeing 727s and two Boeing ...

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

When the rebels took over Goma, UN aid agencies warned of a major ... The origin of the current fighting can partly be traced back to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. About 800,000 people ...