AFPDespite the risks from deadly armed groups roaming the countryside, Judith Kahindo walks alone every day to her isolated cocoa plantation in the war-torn North Kivu region of the eastern Democratic ...

The FDLR, a militia linked to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is embedded in the Congolese army (FARDC), especially the Presidential Guard, and is continuously being rearmed, according ...

Direct peace talks between AFC/M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18, Angola's ...

"I managed to flee safely… because I was crossing through the forest and moving along the ... to the north - continue to advance south in DR Congo. At the end of January they took the major ...

"I managed to flee safely… because I was crossing through the forest and moving along the bushes instead ... Burundi's ...

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who ...

A local community coordinator in North Kivu, Vianney Vitswamba, told the DR Congo news agency 7Sur7 that the bodies were found tied up. Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels - an Islamic State ...

Afterwards many Hutus fled into DR Congo, including some involved the genocide. Rwanda says they remain a threat. Critics say Kigali has its eye on DR Congo's vast mineral wealth, crucial for much ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two strategically important cities in eastern DR Congo in under a month, marking a significant escalation in their long-running conflict against Congolese forces.

Watch moreFighting intensifies in DR Congo as M23 rebels move closer to Bukavu "The entrance of M23 and the Rwandan Defence Force into Bukavu is a violation of DRC's sovereignty and territorial ...

Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor ... of North Kivu and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo, DRC). The UN Human Rights Council further established ...