The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the ...

The Congolese mining company sanctioned by the United States this week has said it "categorically rejects" allegations linking it to armed groups and mineral smuggling in turbulent eastern Democratic ...

U.S. entrepreneurs have set their sights on Rubaya’s coltan as President Trump seeks a peace deal to end the conflict and ...

The Rwanda-backed group is trying to build an administration that wins public support, but civilians report ongoing abuses.

M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging ...

The AFC/M23 rebel movement, on Tuesday, August 12, announced the creation of a commission tasked with launching and overseeing the process of restoring judicial organs in territories under their ...

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Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On Saturday, representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 ...

A child carrying water walks past Wazalendo forces fighting M23 rebels patrolling in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in August 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) signed on Saturday a declaration of principles seeking to achieve peace and stability ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration aiming for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo.

Backed by neighboring Rwanda, M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups fighting for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east.