Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

This includes the Nile, Africa’s longest river and one of the longest in the world. Further south lies the continent’s second longest - the Congo River, formerly the Zaire River - which is ...

This incredible river is the second-longest in Africa and is also the world's deepest river, with a measured depth of around ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

A country in Africa that’s roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi River ... Congo is the second largest country in Africa by land area and the 11th-largest country in the ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

"We have taken Goma and have ordered soldiers to surrender by 3:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT)," Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance ... one of the world's worst humanitarian ...

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, said his forces controlled the city. His claim could not be independently verified amid conflicting accounts of the ...

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, told Reuters on Monday that his forces were in control of Goma and that army soldiers were laying down arms.

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23 ... ignoring calls from world leaders to halt their offensive. Rwanda has dismissed calls for troops to leave, saying ...