Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma.

An influx of wounded people is arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF teams in the hospital are treating people through the armed clashes and insecurity that have hit the city in recent days.

The M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have expanded their control over the provincial capital of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo following their invasion on Monday. After the early-morning incursion,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned Rwandan President Paul Kagame that failing to halt an assault by Rwanda-backed rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo will carry consequences.

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the ongoing conflict in the DRC, asserting that the presence of South African troops is a peacekeeping mission, not an act of war, amidst rising casualties.

Mike Omuodo A phone vibration drew my attention to an incoming message – a friend had sent a message with an attachment and a note reading: “This is so sad and needs to stop!"The message was followed by crying emojis.

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops backed by regional and UN intervention forces.

Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new edition of her mother's autobiography recounting her fight for African independence from French colonial rule.

(Reuters) - In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the public face of a sprawling coalition of Congolese politicians and rebel groups fighting to oust him.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...