The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has once again reignited its self-destructive cycle of denial, scapegoating, and political recklessness.

The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is taking a "devastating toll" on civilians.

Congolese helicopter gunships swooped low over the plains to fire volleys of rockets and troops trucked towards the front line to halt Rwanda-backed fighters advancing on DR Congo's eastern provincial ...

Türkiye is ready to provide any support needed to resolve the dispute between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, should both parties desire it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic ...

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which involved Rwanda disengaging from the DRC and Kinshasa neutralising the FDLR -- remnants of the 1994 genocide perpetrators in Rwanda) in eastern DRC. Kagame rejects the allegation and says ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a decades-long conflict that has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian ...

Tshisekedi told diplomats in Kinshasa that the talks failed because ... of talks "at the highest level" between the DRC and Rwanda. Lourenco has been appointed by the African Union (AU) to mediate ...

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi says he is ready for dialogue to resolve the crisis in the eastern parts of the country, but the talks must not include the M23, who Kinshasa has labelled ...