GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured ... Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on X that he spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on “the need to ensure a ceasefire and ...

It started with a most deceptive name, the Congo Free State, the name for what was a personal real estate fiefdom for Belgium’s king Leopold who retained mercenary explorers in the 19th Century ...

In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...

last year the U.S. State Department said Rwanda exported more minerals than it mined, citing a U.N. report. And just last month, Congo filed lawsuits against Apple’s subsidiaries in France and ...

The rebels want to provoke a national discussion on widespread feelings of neglect in eastern Congo while gaining “as much territory as possible such that they can force the Congolese state to ...

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of ... Get any of our ...

There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo.

Unlike in 2012, the rebels say they now plan to march to Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) away, describing the country as a failed state under President Félix Tshisekedi.

China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated "a timetable and road map" for how President ... according to state news agency Xinhua. "China is willing to ...

The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main ...