Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

The march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo risks escalating into a regional conflict, with countries such as ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world’s coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

But Congo's government has described the ceasefire as “false communication," and the United Nations has noted reports of heavy fighting with Congolese forces in the mineral-rich region.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades. Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the ...

NAIROBI: The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals that power global electronics. But the focus on “conflict ...

A group of 64 organizations mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo sent a letter asking the European Union to cancel a critical minerals partnership with Rwanda because of its support for a ...