The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

DRC hopes opening its vast mine fields to the Western world will pave way to long lasting peace while stemming support to ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...

Nearly half of those who died did so within hours after they felt sick, and health officials still do not know the cause or ...

With Kinshasa's notorious traffic jams, motorcycles are an easy alternative as they can manoeuvre their way around the ...

Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them ...

Rebels Call for Peace, Direct Talks with Govt in Kinshasa | Firstpost Africa | N18G The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have once ...

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21, with 419 cases recorded and 53 deaths. The ...

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...