The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has experienced violent conflict since the start of the First Congo War in 1996–97. The Second Congo War (1998–2003) was the deadliest conflict since World ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic of ...

In 1998, the Second Congo War broke out following the deterioration of relations between Kigali and Kinshasa. To diminish the impression that Rwanda held undue influence over the Congolese ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Over the years, North Kivu province where Goma is located has been at the heart of military fighting in Congo, including the First Congo War and the Second Congo War. In both wars, one name has rung ...

A popular musician in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed while filming a music video in the conflict-hit eastern town of Goma. The body of Delphin Katembo Vinywasiki, better known as ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the Congolese trading hub of Goma last week, leaving thousands dead and wounded and raising concerns of a regional war. Congo and ... the world’s second-largest ...

Uganda, too, has a long history of interference, dating back to the Second Congo War (1998–2003), when its forces looted resources and clashed with Rwandan troops in Kisangani, a battle that left ...

Conflict Minerals - A Convenient Myth for DR Congo's M23 War?