The Congolese government forces (FARDC), fighting alongside a coalition of other forces, recently intensified their battle against the March 23 Movement (M23) in the eastern DR Congo. In response, the ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.
On January 27, the March 23 (M23) rebel movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo entered Goma and took control of ...
Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s ...
Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who’s been mediating peace talks between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, called for ...
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Martin Gordon, the Anglican bishop of Goma, who fled before rebels advanced into the city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, he is issuing a call for peace.