For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

People attend Mass to celebrate the life of late Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, at a catholic church in Goma, Democratic ...

In the heart of Africa's most remote rainforest lies Dzanga Bai, a forest clearing where shy, elusive elephants gather in astonishing numbers. It is a place so wild and untouched, it's been called the ...

The fighting escalated earlier this year when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized Goma, followed by another ...

9. Congo River Measuring roughly 4,700 kilometers (2,920 miles), the Congo River courses through the heart of Africa, winding through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries.

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking. Inside swam an “iridescent” creature with a “gem”-like pattern. Something ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

Congo and Rwanda ink a U.S.-facilitated peace deal as hopes rise for stability, but M23 rebels and mineral interests cast shadows over lasting peace.

Since the Rwandan genocide, the ongoing conflict in east Congo has killed 6 million people, in attacks, famines and unchecked ...