Jan 31, 2025 · The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption.

5 days ago · Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in Central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger.

Mar 19, 2025 · DR Congo hopes that US involvement in its minerals sector would help deter Rwandan-backed rebels. The Americans are among 37 people sentenced to death last September by a military court....

Jan 29, 2025 · As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel...

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Jan 30, 2025 · Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east...

Feb 24, 2025 · Conflict in DR Congo: What’s happening & how to help. Fighting in eastern DR Congo has rapidly escalated in 2025, displacing hundreds of thousands as humanitarian needs skyrocket.

Feb 21, 2024 · Approximately six million people have been killed since 1996 and nearly as many remain internally displaced in the eastern DRC. Here’s a guide to the decades-old conflict in the country: How did...

Jan 27, 2025 · MSF’s representative in DR Congo explains how a recent flare-up in fighting is worsening the humanitarian crisis in northeastern DR Congo.

Jul 6, 2022 · Violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated in recent months, resulting in thousands of people fleeing and hundreds being killed.