Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course ...

Up to 45% of 10,000 sexual violence cases in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved minors, says UNICEF.

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...

FILE - Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.

As the Congolese government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels prepare to engage in direct talks in Doha this week, a mix of hope ...

The war has worsened conditions for civilians as the M23 rebel group has seized more territory in eastern DRC.

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 ... deeper into Congolese territory by capturing the strategic town of Walikale. Walikale is the farthest west the rebels ...

GOMA - The leader of a rebel alliance that has seized swathes of east Congo told Reuters on Thursday ... capturing the strategic town of Walikale. That puts them in control of a road linking ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country's mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ceasefire ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country's mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ceasefire calls this week by ...