The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick ...

KINSHASA, Congo -- A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players, authorities ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo's conflict-battered east.

Twenty Burundian troops have been killed in fighting with the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops supporting it in eastern Democratic of Congo, military sources told AFP on Thursday. "We have ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, ...

The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.

Explosions killed a number of people and wounded dozens at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, the leader of the rebel alliance said, blaming President Felix ...

Authorities say a boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized and that 22 people have been killed.

Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of families, with children ...