The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South ...

Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Congo by the much larger country's military. The Rwandan president has accused ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in fighting ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to ... fall of Goma “a declaration of war” and vowed a “vigorous military response”. The crisis in Congo can be traced to the Rwandan ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... with its president for calling for a huge military mobilisation to resist the rebellion and its defence minister rejecting calls for talks.

4 (UPI) --Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma ... There was no sign of the government accepting the offer with military spokesman Gen. Sylvain Ekenge telling ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last ... after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.

The Catherine McAuley Center in Cedar Rapids says it will layoff 20 staff members, and hundreds of refugees who recently arrived in Iowa may lose support for basic necessities like food, rent and ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday ... Rwanda has also deployed high-tech military equipment on the battlefield in North Kivu, including as mobile air-defense systems and precision ...