The Latest Breaking News from Congo

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the North Kivu province, where Goma is the provincial capital and which borders Rwanda

Thousands of people have fled their homes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between M23 rebels and government forces intensify. The Rwanda-backed armed group has captured a string of towns over the last few days, encircling the provincial capital Goma. Several Western countries have called…

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma

When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to eastern Congo, he knew the risks of resisting corruption

Learn about the escalating violence in Goma, eastern Congo, as M23 rebels advance, causing panic and a humanitarian crisis.

Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as the M23 rebels are steadily encircling the city as the insurgent group battles Congo’s army

M23 rebels' advance towards Goma triggers mass displacement and heightens security concerns in eastern Congo.

The M23 rebel group is advancing toward eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma

Authorities in eastern Congo say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for the provincial capital, Goma

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

Many are still haunted by the aborted legacy of DR Congo’s first prime minister, who was murdered on January 17, 1961.