Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after the provincial capital was captured by rebels ...

M23 rebels' advance in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo puts green minerals rush in the spotlight.

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the ...

Show more Show less 1 Armed men drive through a street in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Gunshots rang out through parts of the besieged city of Goma as Congolese soldiers ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight. By Ruth Maclean Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their progress has been swift and stunning.

The Lushagala Kashaka IDP camp, which houses some 10,000 people, continues to receive internal displaced people (IDPs) who have fled after the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group took control of the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take their fight to the country's capital – but their attempts to march south are have been met by resistance. Rwanda-backed rebels ...