A fire on a motorized wooden boat in DR Congo has claimed many lives, but officials say the death toll is far lower than the previously reported 148 people. A boat fire in the Democratic Republic ...

The mayor of the DR Congo town near where a boat caught fire earlier this week has said at least 33 people died in the disaster, significantly fewer than previously reported. That toll ...

A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said. The search for ...

The top diplomats of Rwanda, which has faced criticism for backing the M23 rebels, and DR Congo, which has seen major cities fall in its turbulent but mineral-rich east, signed a declaration in ...

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent months as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized swathes of mineral-rich territory in eastern DR Congo. After losing territory ...

The DR Congo government and the M23 group on Wednesday, April 23, issued a landmark joint statement saying they had agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work toward a ...