However, the country is home to an array of stunning national parks, including the Kibira National Park, which lies atop the mountains of the Congo-Nile Divide. The natural treasure houses lush ...

The summit, which brings together regional leaders to discuss the conflict in eastern DR Congo, has seen the in-person participation of several key figures, including Rwanda's Paul Kagame and ...

The M23 were reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu. But they revealed on Monday they had no plans to seize Bukavu.

WARNING: This story contains an image that may be disturbing to some readers. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu ...

AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after a mass jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the seizure of a major city by militants.

Goma, Congo — Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles from the ...

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered defence forces to begin preparations for a withdrawal of its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a statement said on Wednesday. The Malawi ...

On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma, the capital of ...

Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of legend: a mokele-mbembe, Congo’s mythical dinosaur. In 2003 ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday, citing humanitarian grounds, but there was no sign of them giving up ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to civil conflicts. But the latest advances made by M23, a rebel coalition, capturing the mineral-rich city of Goma, is a humiliating setback ...