What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.

The economy of the capital of the North Kivu province, has ground to a halt after being seized by the rebel movement and its ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado's 40-year career, over the course of which he has travelled to more than 130 ...

But while Rwanda appears peaceful at home, it is fueling war across the border ... Rwanda denies backing the rebels. Map locates Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda.

Yet the war unfolding in the Democratic Republic of ... This stark contrast is not just neglect; it is selective justice. Last month Goma, the largest city in the east of Congo, fell to the ...

In 2009, in Goma, a local church was turned into a refugee camp where those fleeing from the horrors of war could feel safe and secure. Image courtesy of Steve Evans via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

"This is the most worrying period of Goma's history," he said ... for control of these riches could trigger a new regional war, with implications far beyond Africa. Either way - if history ...