The DR Congo government - more than 1,500km (1,000 miles) away in the capital Kinshasa - is no longer running anything in ...

It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for ...

As a result, Rwanda invaded DR Congo in 1998. When Makenga was released from prison, he was appointed to serve as a commander on the front line with a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The recent ...

the city was looted by fleeing FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers, pro-government Wazalendo militiamen and local youth," reports the source, who asked not to be ...

Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo However, in this case, Florence says it was fellow inmates. "You could see they were prisoners. Some came without shoes. When they climbed onto the ...

But the DR Congo military said a video allegedly showing ... It said Rwanda had taken old FDLR prisoners and dressed them in new military uniforms to claim they had been newly captured in Goma.

Women prisoners were allowed to keep one of their ... Human rights groups say rape is widely used as a weapon of war in DR Congo by both the M23 rebels and government forces.