This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups. Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a ...

The boxer pupfish are believed to be extinct in the wild Eggs from a rare Mexican fish species believed to be extinct in the wild have successfully hatched at Bristol Zoological Society. Experts ...

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