This year, a rebel army called M23 has captured large sections of eastern Congo, exposing women there to a familiar weapon of ...

South Africa had tried to avoid having its troops leave through Rwanda, which it thought would give Kigali the satisfaction ...

Similarly, in early May, eight Congolese soldiers, including five officers, were sentenced to death in Goma, for "cowardice" and "fleeing the enemy". AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day ...

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has sentenced 13 soldiers to death for various charges including murder, looting, and cowardice. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday ...

Congolese authorities say at least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in the country's conflict-hit east where government forces are fighting Rwanda-backed rebels ...

KINSHASA, March 28 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo doubled salaries for soldiers and police on Friday, the finance ministry said, in an apparent bid to boost morale as Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Heavy downpou Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African megacity, an official told AF ...

Congo has roughly 260,000 soldiers and other security forces, according to the 2025 budget law. Official monthly salaries since 2022 have averaged between $100 and $200 for all ranks, government ...

Rwanda-backed M23 soldiers at a mine in Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo. KAMPALA, Uganda—During the 19th century’s Scramble for Africa, European countries raced to secure territory ...

This contributed to discontent within the Congolese army, the Force Publique, whose soldiers, including those from the Kasai and Equateur regions, mutinied on 4 July, 1960. Left to right ...