KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region, an army spokesman ...

The planned return of former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila from self-imposed exile could shift political dynamics and complicate efforts to resolve escalating violence in the ...

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course ...

Children including toddlers represent more than a third of victims in nearly 10,000 cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence committed in eastern Congo in the first two months of the year, the ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels are holding crucial talks in Qatar, aiming to find peace in ...

Congo's government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...