Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

The Central African nation of Congo has been wracked by conflict with more than 100 armed groups, the most potent backed by ...

The decades-long conflict escalated in January, when rebels seized the key Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu.

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province, followed by Bukavu in ...

Joe Rogan still can’t believe that Cheick Kongo was able to knockout Pat Barry in one of the UFC’s greatest comeback wins With both men having a good track record for putting opponents away ...

The Sahel region in the heart of Africa is facing a crisis that goes beyond the battlefield — it’s a war on education. Schools have been forced to close, leaving children without access to ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — A Congolese soldier shot and killed two of his colleagues while a third died of critical injuries in an altercation in the country's east that left others wounded, local ...

A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human rights office ...

Heineken has withdrawn its staff and suspended operations in key cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a worsening conflict involving the M23 rebel group, which has resulted ...

Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dutch brewer said on Friday.

Since December 2024, M23 rebels at the center of fighting in eastern Congo seized significant territory including Goma and Bukavu — provincial capitals of North and South Kivu, deepening ...