DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

The Luanda Process has not been able to bring tangible results either. The reasons for this failure include bad faith from ...

In Goma, power and running water are back in most residential areas. Residents of the metropolis in the east of the DR Congo have gone through a dramatic period since a rebel coalition, including the ...

After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the Democratic Republic of Congo is often presented as a struggle to control ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo, with queues of young ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Martin Gordon, the Anglican bishop of Goma, who fled before rebels advanced into the city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, he is issuing a call for peace.