Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently been used as a weapon of war. Most estimates state that over six million ...

After the M23 Rwanda-backed rebels Feb. 16 occupied Bukavu, a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Catholic ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu and are present in most parts of the city after little resistance from government forces.

An M23 leader, surrounded by armed rebel fighters, promised to restore order to east Congo’s second largest city after the Rwanda-backed group entered the central part of Bukavu Sunday morning.

The sudden shutdown meant refugees across the globe had their scheduled travel to the U.S. canceled, including 1,660 Afghans ...

Bonobos are similar to chimpanzees but can be recognized by their longer limbs, pinker lips, darker faces, and a tuft of hair ...

Refugees have helped shaped the region "in a way that we could never have anticipated before," said Dottie Gallagher, ...

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Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...

GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Congo's government on Tuesday described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as "false communication," while the United Nations noted ...