Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday moved closer to a key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, capturing a nearby area, sources told AFP.

After constant campaigning and mounting global condemnation, the Congolese government has temporarily canceled a dangerous oil and gas auction.

Congo’s regular army, which is riddled with corruption, has been no match for M 23, though it is propped up by a ragtag bunch ...

Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers were on Wednesday sentenced to death by a garrison military court for fleeing ...

BENI, DR Congo, Jan 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Fresh raids by fighters with the Islamic State group-linked ADF rebels killed at ...

About 13 soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Lubero, DR Congo for offenses such as murder, ...

Leader of the M23 group says its rebellion in eastern DR Congo is a ‘defensive’ one, hopes for dialogue with Kinshasa.

Islamic State group-linked ADF rebels have killed at least 21 people this week in the conflict-riven eastern Democratic ...

Originally from Uganda, the ADF, or Allied Democratic Forces, have been present since the mid-1990s in the DRC's restive ...

Life seems almost normal in the streets of Lubero, but the calm is deceptive -- the town nestled in the forested, misty hills of eastern DR Congo is under threat from an advancing rebel militia.

For 30 years, the mineral-rich east has suffered from the ravages of fighting between local and foreign armed groups, dating ...