Map by Joel Masselink. The conflict has driven up the demand for charcoal (locally known as makala in Swahili) in Goma, ... DRC. World Development, 186, 106818. https: ...

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

DRC Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya told CNN last week that “Rwanda’s mineral exports surged after its forces took control of key mining zones in DRC.” Rwanda is one of the world’s ...

DRC shares borders with nine African nations and, in many cases, the same ethnic communities live on both sides. This creates tensions that frequently spill over, drawing neighbouring countries ...