Six months ago, the M23 rebel group seized Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the time since, local activists and satellite images compiled by Mongabay ...

The Congolese government and the AFC/M23 rebels signed a declaration of principles agreement in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, July 19, after three months of negotiations mediated by the Gulf country. ALSO ...

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.