Shell casings from automatic weapons littered the plot, leftovers from the conflict between the Congolese army and the Rwanda ...

Tshisekedi has blamed military higher-ups for the poor performance, telling supporters the army had been “betrayed from ...

One soldier, Siko Mongombo Brice, told Reuters he lost sight of his comrades after several hours of heavy fighting in North ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

In the remote village of Chegera, near Bukavu, at least 26 women were raped as Congolese troops and their allies retreated in ...

The DRC came under spotlight for having a weak state authority in the regions where rebels have maimed, killed, or sexually ...

Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support appears coerced as the rebels push forward.

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters are marching on the eastern city of Uvira near the border ...

“Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons,” she sai ...

"We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons," she said. She urged "Rwanda and M23 to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian law are respected". M23 fighters and ...

The United Nations has announced that three young boys were shot dead by M23 insurgents in eastern Congo, after they picked up weapons abandoned by fleeing Congolese soldiers. The U.N. describes the ...