A new offensive by a Rwanda-backed militia and the government’s controversial response have civilians caught in the middle.

For decades, Belgium failed to return the remains of hundreds of people taken by force from former colonies. A draft law ...

Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan crisis have pushed the Democratic Republic of Congo from humanitarian watchlists. But 7 million ...

In the years that followed, the RPF was a key belligerent in the First and Second Congo War - the later becoming known as 'Africa's World War'. The First Congo war resulted in thousands of deaths ...

The minerals it buys don’t finance war or armed groups, it says. The lawyers for the Congo government said “those claims do not appear to be based on concrete, verifiable evidence.” ...

Actor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira told diplomats Tuesday that finding a child to sexually abuse in a conflict ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using ... where more than one million displaced by the war have crammed into desperate camps. The UN said in 2023 that ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—The pain that seared through Innocent Bizimana’s body was almost impossible to describe. Looking down his lanky frame, the 18-year-old saw his left leg torn ...

Women protest against fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 'Tainted' tech The DRC's mineral-rich Great Lakes region has been wracked by violence since regional wars in the 1990s.

the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo. For four months, the two didn’t see much of the war and none of the fighters told them why they were taken. The men, Bizimana says ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the ...