Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, political tensions, regional power struggles and battles over its natural resources ...

The RCD launched a rebellion against the government headed by Laurent Kabila in August 1998. They vowed to restore democracy and respect for human rights within the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

In Orientale province Nyamwisi's RCD-ML also lost territory in October to the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) led by Jean-Pierre Bemba. Advancing eastwards out of Equateur province ...

An official report said Rwanda, Uganda and the Rally for Congolese Democracy rebels masterminded the shooting on January 16 by one of Kabila's bodyguards. The Democratic Republic of Congo has ...

The M23 is the new name of the Rwandan intervention: Over time, it has operated under different names: AFDL (Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo), RCD (Rassemblement ...

"During the RCD/Goma period, on May 14, 2000, the soldiers of this movement carried out a massacre ... France and other major world powers to fulfill their duty to save the Democratic Republic of ...