"Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald ...

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.

The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on ...

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely ...

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as an incentive for a peace deal, but Rwanda has backed away, a ...

The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of more than 100 armed groups that have been vying for ...

KINSHASA, Congo — More than 100,000 people ... eastern Congo’s largest city on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of more than 100 armed groups that have been vying for territory in mineral ...

Congo and the United Nations accuse neighboring Rwanda of backing the group with its own troops and weapons. Rwanda says it has taken what it calls defensive measures. Fighting has flared in ...

Minerals from these mines, including tungsten, tin and tantalum (often referred to as the 3Ts), have been illegally smuggled through Rwanda for several years, and eventually exported to tech ...