Current leader Felix Tshisekedi accuses his predecessor of helping the M23 rebels in the war-torn east of the country, allegations Kabila denies. View on euronews

M23 rebels seized Sake after intense fighting, forcing nearly all 130,000 residents to flee their homes and farms.

After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, had created an agreement that was now being finalized.

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology.

China's CMOC Group , the world's top cobalt mining company, called on Democratic Republic of Congo last week to lift a ban on exports of the battery metal, which is currently due to expire next month,

The ACLU of Maine filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of Eyidi Ambila, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate will on Thursday debate lifting the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila, who the government accuses of supporting a Rwanda-backed militia in the mineral-rich east.