North Kivu was among the war-torn regions Pope Francis entrusted to the prayers of the faithful during his Sunday Angelus ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

UNICEF is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivering urgently needed humanitarian assistance.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her children are among many displaced from Goma when M23 ...

RWANDA has the best economy in Africa and receives over US$1 billion international grants every year from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). But wait until ...

Between 700,000 and 1 million people are living in refugee camps around the capital of North Kivu. Their critical situation ...

United Nations (UN), and partner organizations have reported that 700 people were killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) ...

M23, which is made up of ethnic Tutsis, say they are fighting for minority rights, while DR Congo's government says the ...

Widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her three children have little to eat and sleep on the hard ground, but like many others at a ...

Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Open New Front in South Kivu | Firstpost Africa Welcome to Firstpost Africa with Alyson Le Grange.

With over 105 million people, the DR Congo is a mosaic of 250 ethnic groups and 700 languages, a testament to its rich cultural diversity. However, in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, ...