Democratic Republic of Congo doubled salaries for soldiers and police on Friday, the finance ministry said, in an apparent ...

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed deeper into Congolese territory a day after Congo and Rwanda's presidents called for an ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.

Maj' Gilbert Ndayambaje, 49, one of the members of the DR Congo-based FDLR militia who were handed over to Rwandan ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

Congo has roughly 260,000 soldiers and other security forces, according to the 2025 budget law. Official monthly salaries since 2022 have averaged between $100 and $200 for all ranks, government ...

"Welcome to Soweto," reads the name of a small store, with the flags of South Africa and DR Congo either side of the phrase.

Congo's Tutsi-led M23 rebels - supported by Rwandan soldiers and weapons, according to U.N. investigators - have carried out ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...