He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a bid to strip former President Joseph Kabila of immunity so he can face trial on ...

The mission to bring peace to eastern Congo, however, is far from accomplished. The recent past is littered with broken ...

In this particular case, the ICRC was approached by several actors – notably the DRC’s ministry of defence and veterans, ...

Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit ...

In an escalation of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle over Congo's vast mineral resources, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, eastern ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, were transferred from the rebel-controlled town of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa, the ...

On 30 April 2025, following a request to act as a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is accompanying a series of convoys from Goma to Kinshasa transporting ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Wednesday (April 30) it is escorting hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma ...

Lubero, Democratic Republic of Congo — Clashes between Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the DRC military are quietly starving a generation. Southern Lubero was once considered fertile territory ...

The strategic minerals partnership under Global Witness scrutiny was signed in February 2024. It is supposed to allow the EU to better access raw materials from Rwanda, including the coltan ...