The U.S. Agency for International Development sent $1.3 billion in foreign assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year, the world’s fifth-poorest country by GDP per capita.

The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern ...

History is repeating itself. Neocolonialism now shapes the extraction ... Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood ...

Congo, the U.N. and Western powers say neighbouring Rwanda is backing M23 - accusations Rwanda denies. Rwanda has said it is defending itself against the threat from a Hutu militia, which it says ...

Crowds fled as gunfire rang out at a rally held by the leader of the M23 rebel group, Corneille Nangaa, in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Bukavu on Thursday, residents said.

The rebel advance has stirred fears of a regional war that could draw in Congo's neighbours. Rwanda has said it is defending itself against the threat from a Hutu militia, which it says is ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three ... History is now repeating itself. After weeks of encircling the region, spreading panic and chaos, last weekend M23 seized control of Bukavu ...

What a coincidence that February 26th is arriving at this time! It is the day, 140 years ago, when the colonial powers (today you would call them land grabbers) held the Congo Conference, also ...

Ruling In Rwanda-DR Congo Dispute To Set 'Key Legal Precedent' ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

The EAC and SADC regional blocs have previously called for a ceasefire in the war in the mineral-rich region, which Congo's ...