Uganda's army said it killed 242 fighters belonging to a Congolese rebel group known as CODECO after they attacked a Ugandan military camp across the border in east Congo earlier this week, a claim ...

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

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A new overarching foreign policy priority has come into focus as President DONALD TRUMP looks to resolve global conflicts: boosting U.S. access to critical minerals.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. “For God’s sake, what do you really want?” she cried. One of the fighters looked directly at the girl and ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Israel is accused of crimes against humanity after the onslaught on the Palestinian enclave. But how does it differ from ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

The clashes marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority following the removal of Syrian President Assad from power.

The league's governing body, Linafoot, insists that these clubs remain part of the competition, but for players and staff, football is now a distant concern. The war in eastern DR Congo, where M23 ...