Critical minerals factor into the fight. By Ruth Maclean Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their progress has been swift and stunning.

The regional blocs of southern and eastern Africa will hold a joint summit in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on ...

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into ...

Moses Sawasawa - stringer, ASSOCIATED PRESS Feb 1, 2025 21 hrs ago 0 ...

The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday (February 2, 2025) said it is closely monitoring the security situation in the central African country and asked all the ...

At least 900 bodies have been recovered after days of fighting in eastern Congo city of Goma, UN health agency says.

People rush to shop in downtown Goma, Congo Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, after the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo's capital Goma.

Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Brian Inganga ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo were losing control of the key city of Goma on Wednesday after ...

Members of the Congolese Red Cross collect bodies of alleged members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), who lost their lives fighting against M23 rebels on the street ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of ...

LAC VERT, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 2 (Reuters ... Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media ...