Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after seizing control of the key city of Goma during heavy fighting with the Congolese ...

The BBC has seen contracts that show that these hired soldiers were being paid around $5,000 (£4,000) a month.

The fighting is complicating contact tracing, infection prevention and food access, all of which increase the risk of disease ...

The escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is yet another grim chapter in a decades-long conflict that has claimed countless lives and displaced millions.