DR Congo

In clashes between M23 rebels and the national Congolese army, 200,000 children in Goma are at risk of soldier recruitment by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rebels recently took over Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Told to leave by the U.N., they insist on pushing on to the capital of Kinshasa. Well-equipped, they may have foreign backing.

Well-armed rebels are advancing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and are threatening to take over the city of Goma

Gold is easier to smuggle than conflict minerals, militant groups have found. Child labor and violence in the Congo persist despite U.S. legislation on importing.

The United Nations health agency said that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 31 people in the past week.

An outbreak of the often-fatal Ebola virus killed nine people over the weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health minister said.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to 14 years imprisonment for enlisting and using child soldiers.

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took control of several towns in the eastern portion of the country, including the strategic town of Rutshuru.

Prosecutors of Congolese warlord convicted of using child soldiers in his rebel army, requested a 30-year prison term from the International Criminal Court on Wednesday.

Countries under arms embargoes imported $2.2 billion in weapons between 2000 and 2010, according Oxfam.

In the first verdict ever delivered by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was found guilty of conscripting and enlisting child soldiers in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 2002 and 2003.

Recent elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) played out in an all too familiar fashion for Africa.

Incumbent Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila was sworn in on Tuesday for another term following last month’s disputed elections.

Suspense was high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday after the electoral commission at first delayed releasing election results for several hours.

Eleven candidates will vie for president and nearly 19,000 will run for the National Assembly in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in a potential milestone for the country’s democratic progress.

Six Australian executives from the mining company Sundance Resources Ltd. are believed dead.

A military court the Congo re-sentenced two Norwegian men to death for killing their driver and spying for Norway.

The body of human rights leader Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, was found on Wednesday.

The U.N. announced Friday that it is authorizing the withdrawal of 20 percent of its peacekeepers.