"Not a night goes by in Bukavu without finding three or four bodies on the street. Bodies also emerge from the lake," report local church sources in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Banks are still shut, basic services such as trade are slowly restarting, and thousands displaced by the conflict are ...

At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group, which took control of the city ...

The United Nations has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR ...

At least 179 people have been hospitalized in Bukavu, the provincial capital of ... clashes between the M23 rebels and Congolese forces. Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of backing the rebels and sending ...

away in the capital Kinshasa, where some residents are looking to move their families abroad amid open talk of a coup. "There was never any question of fighting in Bukavu. It was clear to all the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23's expansion in a ...