Fighters of the genocidal FDLR militia were given explicit orders to shoot on sight any Congolese soldier fleeing from the battlefield, it has emerged. FDLR, founded by extremist elements linked to ...

M23 rebels pull out of planned talks with DRC government in Luanda, Angola, citing sanctions on its members by the European ...

(Illustration photo) /FARDC soldiers deployed in Kibumba, last position before entering ... about 60 others Feb. 27 during a meeting of M23 rebels. Corneille Nangaa, one of the group’s leaders ...

The city of Goma was gripped by palpable tension as clashes between Congo’s armed forces and M23 raged on in the city’s periphery on Friday. The fighting is concentrated in Kibumba, around 25 ...

There have been several attempts to resolve the spiralling conflict, rooted in the fallout from Rwanda's 1994 genocide and ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for a Ukraine-like minerals deal in ...

Congo's government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has ...

Rebel group M23 levies taxes on mining in the DRC. It generates income of about $800 000 in revenue per month. In Rubaya, the M23 has set up its own administration. Mine shafts snake under the eastern ...

Previous rounds of peace talks mediated by Angola have failed to halt the fighting between the Congolese army and the M23, in a volatile region of the DRC riven by infighting between various armed ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the rebel group M23 will meet in Angola for peace talks on 18 March. The date was confirmed by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, whose country has been ...