On Saturday afternoon, seemingly the entire village of Kibumba lined up alongside the main road and watched a once fearsome rebel army dissolve in front of their eyes. ...more

January 25, 2009

The United Nations' special envoy to Congo chided Congo's main rebel leader during a second round of peace talks Saturday for breaking a cease-fire, according to video footage taken inside the closed-door meeting. ...more

November 30, 2008

Rebels and pro-government militia troops executed civilians this week in two waves of terror that the top U.N envoy to Congo said Saturday amount to war crimes - ones that highlight the inability of undermanned U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians. ...more

November 9, 2008

Villagers who fled fighting in this rebel-held town trickled home Thursday to find bodies of more than a dozen men in civilian clothes. They accused rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's forces of the slayings. ...more

November 7, 2008

The European Union could send troops to Congo if a fragile cease-fire between rebel fighters and the army fails, the British minister for African affairs said Saturday as rebels forced tens of thousands of people from refugee camps in the insurgent-held zone. ...more

November 2, 2008

Rebels seized an east Congo army base and the headquarters of a refuge for some of the world's last mountain gorillas in heavy fighting Sunday that sent thousands fleeing, U.N. officials and rebels said. ...more

October 27, 2008