The Congolese government confirmed rebels were in Bukavu and accused Rwandan troops of also entering the city. It stopped short of saying the city was fully under M23's control. Bukavu's fall, if ...

More than 120 people have been killed in an attempted mass breakout from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a series of violent attacks on jails in the central ...

DAKAR, Senegal - An attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo has left 129 people dead, the government said Tuesday, promising to immediately investigate. Interior Minister Jacquemain ...

This image made from video shows state security forces outside Makala prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison on Sept. 2, ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say two inmates were killed when detainees tried to break out of the main prison in capital Kinshasa. The government spokesman confirmed there was an “an ...