Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco, the African Union’s peace mediator for the conflict in Congo, is pushing for direct talks ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

Facing ongoing defeats and diminishing regional support, the Democratic Republic of Congo considers negotiating with M23 ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in January.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the rebel group M23 will meet in Angola for peace talks on March 18. The ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, shortly before the M23 militia captured the city. The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic ...