DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced Monday in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War, in a verdict ...

Roger Lumbala, 67, has refused to accept the legitimacy of the court in Paris [AFP/Getty Images] A French court has sentenced a former rebel leader and politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June. But residents, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Washington on Thursday for the signing of a peace deal, despite ongoing conflict in their war-scarred ...

PARIS (AP) — The trial of Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala began Wednesday in Paris over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. Lumbala has been charged with “criminal ...

We map out the Second Congo War, often called Africa’s World War, using Google Earth to trace the movements of armies and alliances across the continent. From the vast battlefronts in the Congo to the ...

FILE - Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP ...