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

French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple subsidiaries of using conflict minerals, notably in the unstable eastern region bordering Rwanda, in its

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.

One person has been killed and five police officers injured in a knife attack in the eastern French city of Mulhouse. A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested at the scene and the prosecutor has opened a terrorist inquiry because the suspect reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is great".

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Several reports accused the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces, of carrying out the attack. The ADF is an armed group ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly lost its case over Apple suppliers using conflict materials in the iPhone, at least as far as one court has decided. For months in 2024, Apple was ...

Ugandan army confirms it has sent troops to another town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears raging conflict could spiral into wider war

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals deal with the United States.

We are extremely worried about recent developments in Congo, we know the situation particularly in the east is acute,' Karim Khan said on his arrival in Kinshasa

As violence intensifies in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the situation of those displaced worsens, Education International (EI) expresses its support for and solidarity with its member organisations in the country: the National Education and Scientific Research Union (Centrale de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Recherche Scientifique - CSC-Enseignement),