The presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Rwanda met in Qatar on Tuesday for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich ...

The government of Angola has announced that it is ending its role as mediator in the ongoing conflict between DR Congo and the Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebellion, according to a statement ...

According to the US Department of Commerce, DR Congo's vast mineral wealth, valued at $24 trillion (€22 trillion), remains underdeveloped. However, the US government has not confirmed the ...

It is coming to pass just as he predicted. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo or DRC), so-called to distinguish it from a much smaller country on the other side of the river that also ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward of $5m (£4m) for help arresting three leaders of a rebel group which has seized much of the east of the country this year.

Corneille Nangaa, a former head of DR Congo's electoral commission, now leads the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23 rebel group. He has addressed large rallies in the cities under the ...

Rwanda has welcomed AFC/M23 rebels' announcement regarding the repositioning of its forces from Walikale in support of ongoing peace initiatives, as well as DR Congo's declaration that all ...

So if the threat continues to come from (DR Congo ... of Kisangani, Congo's fourth-biggest city. The International Skating Union (ISU) apologised on Thursday for displaying the flag of Taiwan ...

According to a joint statement issued by Qatar's Foreign Ministry, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the ...

Rwanda has been widely accused of stoking the fighting in the mineral-rich region and Beijing, which has close relations with both DR Congo and Rwanda, has in recent weeks joined the criticism.

Funding is desperately needed to feed a wave of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Burundi, the World Food Programme said. The United Nations ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The violence in eastern DR Congo has forced more than 100,000 people to flee to neighbouring countries in just months, the United Nations said on Friday.