Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Essential UN personnel are remaining on the ground, sustaining critical operations such as food distribution, medical ...

The rebels launched a major offensive in eastern Congo this year, and now the region is increasingly cut off. Rebels control the land immediately to Goma’s north and west. On its east lies the ...

Civilians in eastern DR Congo face "increasing risks" as Rwandan-backed group M23 closes in on the key city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

Thirteen soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed in clashes with ...

The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday without interrupting its operations in the country at a time heightened security ...

Explosions rocked the ground in the main city in DR Congo's east on Friday as intensifying clashes between the country's army and M23 fighters gripped the region.

This isn’t to say that starting the farm in the Congo was easy, though. Gouspillou described how there’s been fighting in this region long before he and Augusti brought their first container of ASICs ...

Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed groups, most of which are vying for territory in the vast and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, ...