The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long ...

The deal opens critical mineral deposits to U.S. investment.

Congo has accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in its mineral-rich eastern region across the border with Rwanda.

Authorities in Rwanda on Monday rejected U.S. calls for the withdrawal of troops and missile systems from eastern Congo, saying they are defending Rwandan territory as Congo carries out a ...

Congo’s government has long accused Rwanda of supporting the M23, which Rwanda denies. The accusations have surged again in recent weeks. Many of the M23 fighters are ethnic Tutsis, the same as ...

In the past, Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi lived together in peace. In the 1970s and 80s, for example, they formed a regional bank that invested in agriculture, as well as an electricity company.

A Rwanda-backed armed group has seized large parts of eastern Congo, threatening a regional war and a deepening humanitarian crisis. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Goma, Democratic Republic of ...

Congo and Rwanda have been at this stage before. First in 1996, then in 1998. Also in 2004 and 2008. The first two conflicts had their roots in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are reportedly occupying Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second major city in the country's mineral-rich east to fall under their control.

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the center of east Congo's second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning in an unprecedented expansion of their reach in their yearslong fighting.

In the past, Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi lived together in peace. In the 1970s and 80s, for example, they formed a regional bank that invested in agriculture, as well as an electricity company.