The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world by land area.

An African country that's the 11th largest in the world also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.

which lies halfway between the mouth of the Congo River and Kinshasa, making it the country's top port for imports. Previous interest has largely centred on the deepwater port at Banana, where work by ...

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city.

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

The Congolese political class perceive Dr Ruto and the EAC as interfering in their ...

Three-year M23 insurgency has intensified in January Congo says Rwandan snipers killed military governor U.N. Security Council to meet on Sunday to discuss the crisis Jan 25 (Reuters ...

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States on Tuesday advised U.S. nationals to leave the Democratic ...

NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...

Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...