Pope Leo and the U.N. condemned the attack by Islamic State-linked extremists that killed 49 Christians in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a predominantly Christian country.

Before we begin the analysis, one book I often rely on for insights about historical and culture dynamics of conflict in ...

The armed group ISIL ( ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that a United Nations mission says killed at ...

The recent truce between the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new era of regional stability. Yet even the ...

Moves to end fighting in eastern Congo that are essential to U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for a mining bonanza in the ...

Congo and M23 rebels sign a Qatar-brokered deal to end fighting, but tensions remain over rebel withdrawal and long-term ...

Weeks after signing a peace deal with Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached an accord with M23 rebels ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebels signed a US-brokered ceasefire to end fighting that has displaced ...

In reality, Rwanda backed the M23 to project influence in eastern DRC – an area it considers its backyard – that it felt it was losing to regional rivals including Uganda, which had been invited by ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Rwanda provided "critical" support to the M23 rebels' recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali's access to minerals and fertile ground, according to a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels’ recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali’s access to minerals and fertile ground, accord… ...