This map shows areas where M23 rebels are operating in the DRC. In a separate interview ... M23, which refers to March 23, 2009, is the latest group of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgents to take up arms ...

This map shows areas where M23 rebels are operating in the DRC. In a separate interview ... M23, which refers to March 23, 2009, is the latest group of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgents to take up ...

Mr. Mobutu, a brutal autocrat, saw a chance to introduce Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the world as a stable nation of 22 million people on the path to becoming a ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group. The group takes its name from the March 23 Movement, referring to the date peace accords were signed in 2009 between the DRC’s government and the National ...

The DRC has vast reserves of lithium and cobalt and other minerals, especially in the east. This has led to several rebellions and clashes over control of the region. The ethnic Tutsi-led M23 ...

Backed by Rwanda, the M23 armed group has swept through the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, taking two regional ... The Great Lakes diplomat said there was "ethnic sympathy" between ...

Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP)—The Democratic Republic of Congo’s defence minister began a visit to South Africa Monday aimed at strengthening “strategic defence capabilities” between ...

The United Nations and Western governments say Rwanda has provided arms and troops to the ethnic Tutsi-led M23. Rwanda has denied backing M23 and says its military has acted in self-defence ...

Three Americans who were originally sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of ...