The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...
Kigali’s support of former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila could complicate peace talks, while Goma, the ...
Troops from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been firing at each other across their shared border in the eastern ...
Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub ...
Speaking to BBC Newshour while being locked down in a UN bunker in the city, the deputy head of the UN force, Vivian van de ...
Bishop of Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Willy says he is dismayed ...
Congolese security forces are struggling to contain violence in Goma, where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared to have ...