The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo says a joint military operation against rebels will be concluded at the end of this month. Alan Doss told the UN Security Council that the campaign in the east of the country had “largely...

Dressed in a pink cotton tracksuit, Corporal Innocent Rakundo looks an unlikely member of the FDLR, one of Africa’s most feared rebel armies. He fiddles with a pen as he describes the 15 years he spent living and fighting in the forests of...

More than 50,000 people have fled clashes between two ethnic groups in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN says. Many of those fleeing are reported to be unaccompanied children, and some people have drowned trying...

Sanction busters are smuggling 40 tonnes of gold annually out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations official has told the BBC. Dino Mahtani said most of the gold was controlled by rebel groups who use the proceeds to buy...

The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as “bait” to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands of Hutu civilians were targeted when they visited sites set up to combat a...

The United Nations will suspend operational support for certain Democratic Republic of Congo army units it believes have deliberately killed more than 60 civilians this year, the UN peacekeeping chief said in an interview aired on Monday. The UN...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been putting women’s issues at the center of her work: speaking out forcefully against recent rapes in Guinea, leading a special U.N. Security Council meeting on women and security, and even visiting...

Rape as a weapon of war against men has begun to rise in Congo. The shocking plight of the women suffering what is likely the worst sexual violence in the world has been documented. I came across this article today about the prevalence of male...

Italy and France have been accused of reneging on promises to increase aid to African nations. Anti-poverty group One, set up by rock star Bono, said Italy had actually cut aid to Africa despite making ambitious pledges at a 2005...

The problems hounding the Congo have turned it into a volcano waiting to be erupt. It’s long tryst with wars have crushed the well- being of its people, leaving permanent scars on their hearts and minds, which would take years to heal....