A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says the two sides have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in ...

After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, ...

The truce, declared late on Wednesday after a round of negotiations in Qatar’s capital Doha, has raised hopes that the latest wave of violence, spurred by M23’s bloody January assault and capture of ...

New mediation must confront the root causes of conflict and include voices long excluded from elite-driven peace talks.

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of arming the M23 and ... posted on X by the M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka. They said the ceasefire would apply "throughout the duration of the talks and until their ...

The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate overwhelmingly voted to strip former president Joseph Kabila of his ...

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would ... with the announcement of an “immediate and unconditional cease-fire.” But that truce was not implemented. Although M23 withdrew ...

April 24 (UPI) --The Presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a cease-fire between its government and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. "By mutual agreement, both parties reaffirm ...

President Donald Trump showed an image alleging the murder of white farmers in South Africa, but it was actually an image from the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Reuters. The incident ...

Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Constitutional ...

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were repatriated on Saturday, the U.N. refugee agency said, after Rwandan-backed rebels seized key parts ...

Previous commitments to a ceasefire, announced unilaterally, have not held, and Wednesday's statement was the first such commitment to be announced jointly. Delegations from Congo’s government ...