Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, political tensions, regional power struggles and battles over its natural resources ...

Given the presence of militants in the border areas, securing regional cooperation is essential.

The conflict between the Hutu-led Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front led to the Tutsis gaining power in Rwanda and expelling Hutu ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Rebel leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) arrived for further dialogue in Doha, Qatar, which has been mediating the ...

The European Union’s response to the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not matched the rapid ...

Armed groups have long profited from the region’s natural wealth. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) previously controlled much of Virunga’s charcoal trade, but M23’s ...

An increasingly volatile situation - driven by resurgent incursions by rebel militia groups - is killing and displacing ...

Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two neighboring provinces, the top U.N. official in the conflict-torn country says ...

Rwanda has strongly criticized the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), ...