The Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria currently lead the continent with 55 and 35 million, respectively as the number ...

The capture of Goma and Bukavu, the regional capitals of North and South Kivu respectively in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the 23 March Movement (M23), strongly supported by ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, battles are taking place for territory and rare earth minerals such as cobalt.

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the worst conflict-affected countries to be a child. Today, the number of people in the DRC facing extreme hunger is among the highest in the world.

Kigali justified both efforts by arguing that Hutu groups in eastern DRC were still a threat to their Tutsi population and that the Mobutu ... the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic of ...