Tshisekedi's government invited the U.S. and EU to purchase minerals directly from the DRC, bypassing Rwanda-backed M23 fighters. There was no request for U.S. troops to intervene in the conflict.

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the M23 group and

Grenade blasts at an M23 rally in Bukavu killed and wounded scores of people on 27 February as the civilian toll of the conflict mounts. Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, had avoided the kind of violence seen when the M23 took over Goma,

At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group, which took control of the city earlier this month.

Islamic State affiliates Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) reportedly kidnapped these believers during two raids in a Christian village in mid-February. Then, the terrorists took the kidnapped believers to a church,

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan urged armed groups in eastern Congo to abide by international law. Khan arrived in Kinshasa late Monday night for talks with Congolese officials.

Banks are still shut, basic services such as trade are slowly restarting, and thousands displaced by the conflict are desperate for aid and temporary shelters.

Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’

Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the forced recruitment of pupils by M23 rebels.

Kokoko! make incandescent get-down music from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The city has long been a musical hotbed, nurturing pan-African jazz and giving birth to Congolese rumba—both of which are designed to get people pumped and moving.

Sifa yararokotse, ariko Esther, umwana wiwe w'imyaka 2 yari anafise ubumuga, yamupfiriye m'umugongo, bagerageza guhunga. Ivyo abagore barenga 130 n'abana 26 bapfiriye mw'ibohero rya Munzenze ry'i Goma