There is no shortage of speeches and conferences about women’s empowerment. We celebrate women’s achievements, push for equal opportunities, and demand a seat at every table. But for women in the ...

Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the status of Tutsis in DR Congo - and how it relates to the M23 uprising - is a ...

DR Congo's government, as well as the US and France, have also identified Rwanda as backing the group. Last year, a UN experts report said that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were fighting alongside ...

If security situation not resolved and combined with US aid suspension, DR Congo will become epicenter of major pandemic outbreak, says Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief M23 ...

Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor ... of North Kivu and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo, DRC). The UN Human Rights Council further established ...

It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two strategically important cities in eastern DR Congo in under a month, marking a significant escalation in their long-running conflict against Congolese forces.

The horrific discovery was made in an abandoned village in the DR Congo on February 14. The victims, understood to be hostages of the ADF rebels, were found in a Protestant church in Kasanga ...

Watch moreFighting intensifies in DR Congo as M23 rebels move closer to Bukavu "The entrance of M23 and the Rwandan Defence Force into Bukavu is a violation of DRC's sovereignty and territorial ...

Afterwards many Hutus fled into DR Congo, including some involved the genocide. Rwanda says they remain a threat. Critics say Kigali has its eye on DR Congo's vast mineral wealth, crucial for much ...

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has arrived in the DR Congo, his office said Tuesday, as the country grapples with an upsurge in fighting in the east.

DR Congo’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, said on Friday she had written to the National Basketball Association’s commissioner Adam Silver urging him to end his league’s ties ...