Rwanda-backed rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo’s strategic city of Bukavu in the country’s mineral-rich east, pushing the region closer to a multination war, Congo’s government ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Yet the war unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains an afterthought. A bloody conflict is met with condemnations but no meaningful action. This stark contrast is not just neglect ...

A staff member from international medical organisation ... in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, on the morning of 20 February. A child who had sought refuge with his family ...

A staff member from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been critically injured after shots hit the MSF base in Masisi town, in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, on the morning ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu. What would happen if ...

Burundi denies withdrawing troops from Congo amid M23 rebel conflict U.N. accuses M23 of executing children in eastern Congo Over 10,000 Congolese refugees crossed into Burundi Burundian troops ...

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - China is reaping the rewards of its massive mining investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the form of surging imports of physical copper. Shipments of refined ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have captured the city of Bukavu. As government forces retreated, a wave of violence and looting swept through the provincial capital.

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the centre of eastern DR Congo’s second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning and took control of the South Kivu province's administrative office after little ...