Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

UNICEF is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivering urgently needed humanitarian assistance.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her children are among many displaced from Goma when M23 ...

Widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her three children have little to eat and sleep on the hard ground, but like many others at a ...

United Nations (UN), and partner organizations have reported that 700 people were killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) ...

M23, which is made up of ethnic Tutsis, say they are fighting for minority rights, while DR Congo's government says the ...

Between 700,000 and 1 million people are living in refugee camps around the capital of North Kivu. Their critical situation ...

Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Open New Front in South Kivu | Firstpost Africa Welcome to Firstpost Africa with Alyson Le Grange.

With over 105 million people, the DR Congo is a mosaic of 250 ethnic groups and 700 languages, a testament to its rich cultural diversity. However, in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, ...

The United Nations' peacekeeping chief said Friday that M23 rebels are advancing south toward the provincial capital of Bukavu after seizing control of Goma in the mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier ...

There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of Jan. 30 following this ...