"Most reporting on the conflict is using questionable framings, suggesting it is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region's rich mineral resources." ...

Analysis - Mistrust between leaders and the region's militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult - but essential.

The new governor of North Kivu Province in eastern DR Congo announced on Tuesday, February 11 a new extension of border crossing time between Goma city and Rubavu District in Rwanda. The new decision ...

Authorities say militia fighters in northeastern Congo have killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of ...

With hostilities subsiding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s occupied Goma City in North Kivu province, UN ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

RWANDA has the best economy in Africa and receives over US$1 billion international grants every year from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). But wait until ...

The Congolese government has yet to confirm the rebels’ takeover but acknowledges their presence in the city, capital of the eastern North Kivu province. It announced Sunday it had cut ...

(CNN) — A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government ...

Goma is a key location in the conflict-battered North Kivu province whose minerals are ... Monika Pronczuk and Wilson McMakin in Dakar, Senegal and Edith M. Lederer in New York contributed to ...