Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city ...

The worsening conflict in eastern Congo has led to a surge in human rights violations including summary executions, the ...

A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...

What has been a slow-burn crisis in eastern DRC has again exploded into the open. Kagame appears to have calculated that a ...

It has been a humiliating week for nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries recruited to fight on the side of the army in the ...

The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...