The ADF, notorious for its brutality, often takes hostages, forcing them to join their group as reinforcements or labor.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is ablaze once again, and like many times prior, it is Rwanda and their network of Tutsi ...

As M23 rebels gain ground in Eastern Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi's government teeters on the edge of collapse. With the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has met U.S. lawmaker Ronny Jackson to discuss fighting in the east ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

House subcommittee hears that the cobalt-rich African nation’s population is suffering as ruling elites and their partners ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma ...

Congo President Tshisekedi met U.S. lawmaker Ronny Jackson to discuss conflict in east Congo and U.S. investment ...

Trials reveal army's dysfunction amid rebel advances Poor pay and corruption hinder army reform ... that has now lost more territory in eastern Congo than ever before to Rwanda-backed M23 fighters ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

A new anti-corruption report says the government's overspending ... not least the underpaid troops facing a rebel takeover in eastern DR Congo. Also in this edtion: In Togo, campaigners working ...

Their statements during the court martial proceedings highlighted the dysfunction of an army that has now lost more territory in eastern Congo than ... as poor pay and corruption that reform ...