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

Members of the Congolese Red Cross collect bodies of alleged members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Goma, Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

For his first official trip as secretary of state, Marco Rubio went to Panama. The transportation secretary and Vice ...

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Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting Kinshasa's army in battles ... 1993-2005 civil war, which killed ...

M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears (This Jan. 31 story ... supporting Kinshasa's army in battles against M23. Any showdown over Bukavu, some 200 km (125 ...

The U.N. voices concern over alleged atrocities as Rwandan-backed rebels reportedly advance after seizing the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ramping up the risk of a return to full-blown regional war. Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting Kinshasa's ...