Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is increasing and has caused over a million people to flee their homes. It is threatening to become a regional war. Many of the displaced end up next ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a top cobalt producer. So why would it ban exports? The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices.

The number of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise. According to the World Health Organization, Congo has over 26,000 suspected cases - over 80% of the world's total.

Some 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling ...

3 People attack the Rwanda Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 28, 2025, in protest over the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels' advances into the eastern capital Goma.

Map locates the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, and its eastern regional capital, Goma, in North Kivu, as well as the town of Saké, ten miles to the west of Goma.

Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo — At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, security ...

Map of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo showing areas controlled by M23 rebels. Source: AEI Critical Threats Project. Latest area of control as of March 3, 2025.

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...