Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South ...

Congo Losses Expose Limit of South ... in other peace enforcement efforts on the continent including in Central African Republic and, more recently, Mozambique. Chris Vandome, a senior research ...