Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

In the second Congo war, two years later, Rwandan and Ugandan armies fought deadly battles in Bunia and Kisangani regions, resulting in heavy civilian casualties. Fr. Dennis Dashong Pam ...

The Second Congo War, known also as Africa’s World War, began on Aug. 4, 1998, with one of the most audacious military operations in modern history, Operation Kitona, described by a U.S ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

This suggests the region could be in for a replay of the second Congo war of 1998-2003. Back then, Rwanda and Uganda sent their armies into Congo to vie for influence, with devastating effects on ...

It triggered the first Congo war of 1996-1997 that led to the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko and the rise of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. The conflict continued with the Second Congo War (1998-2003 ...

The current war is the biggest outbreak of violence in the region since the conclusion of the Second Congo War in 2003 — the bloodiest war of the 21st century, with 3 million to 5.4 million deaths.

Seventy decapitated bodies have been discovered in a church in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to Open Doors, which supports persecuted Christians around the world. An ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

A claim that Kigali denies. Analysts fear that Uganda and Rwanda's growing presence in eastern DRC could lead to a repeat of the so-called Second Congo War, which lasted from 1998 to 2003 ...