Here, we’ll be breaking down an in-depth Reuters investigation into the African nation’s mines and looking into why parties ...

M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging ...

On 12 May, The New Humanitarian witnessed a round-up operation of Karenga residents at a primary school in Sake, a town that is close to Goma. M23 soldiers - armed with rifles and whips - surrounded a ...

Congo has rejected Kenya’s appointment of a consul general in Goma, accusing Nairobi of breaching international law and ...

The recent efforts from the two regional blocs to initiate an African-led process came amid the escalating fighting in DRC ...

Colonel Patrick Gesore, a DR Congo army officer, his wife, and four others died in a plane crash near Kisangani minutes after takeoff. Only one bodyguard survived.

An attack by a group affiliated to the so-called Islamic State organisation has killed at least nine people in eastern ...

The Rwanda-backed group is trying to build an administration that wins public support, but civilians report ongoing abuses.

More than 50 House Democrats are calling on the State Department to provide more information about a minerals-for-security ...

Diners flock to the terrace of Mother Antho Aembe’s restaurant in downtown Kinshasa to enjoy “liboke”, blissfully unaware of ...

The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as ...

The US sanctioned an armed group and two Hong Kong-based firms allegedly linked to violence and illegal mining in the ...