UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

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The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city ...

Congo, the United States and U.N. experts accuse Rwanda of backing the M23, which had hundreds of members in 2021. Now, according to the United Nations, the group has around 6,500 fighters.

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, raising ...

A 51-year-old man from Gujarat reportedly succumbed to death from the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) on Tuesday. Doctors confirm that this is the first death reported from this infection ...