Some 500,000 people fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels ... He changed Zaire’s name to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 1998: Mr. Kabila turned on his allies, Rwanda and Uganda ...

But three decades later, the party he led is in miserable shape, as is South Africa as a whole ... the problems of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not those of India; the problems of China ...

The offensive has sent thousands fleeing their homes, in addition to 1 million ... Armed men drive through a street in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Gunshots rang out through ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo - January 27, 2025 The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said Monday that the “Rwandan Army” is in the strategic Congolese city of ...

U.N. peacekeepers have been supporting the Congolese army’s efforts to curb the M23 as part of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ...

02/08/2025 February 8, 2025 The Rwanda-backed M23 militia is closing in on the town of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and pushing into the South Kivu province. More than 2 ...

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...