Since January 2025, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has witnessed a sharp escalation in violence, with the M23 rebel group capturing key cities such as Goma and Bukavu by February.

A U.S. official says Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end ...

In February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in ...

Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...

The unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, part of a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide, has ...

For three months, the people of Goma have lived under the control of M23 rebels. Daily violence, economic collapse, and ...

He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...

South Africa’s armed forces announced Thursday they had begun pulling their peacekeepers out of eastern Congo, a region now under the sway of rebel fighters.

The South African armed forces said Thursday they had begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled ...

Congo's justice minister says that authorities have asked the country’s Senate to lift the immunity of former President ...

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...

Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma since the eastern city's capture in January are being transferred to Kinshasa, the International ...