The army spokesman told the Associated ... to the offices of the president wearing camouflage with the Zaire flag. Zaire was the previous name of Congo under longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko ...

And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept ...

Their statements during the court martial proceedings highlighted the dysfunction of an army that has now lost more territory in eastern Congo than ever before to Rwanda-backed M23 fighters, though ...

And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the ...

Their statements during the court martial proceedings highlighted the dysfunction of an army that has now lost more territory in eastern Congo than ever before to Rwanda-backed M23 fighters ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army and a rebel group that Rwanda denies backing. By Elian Peltier and ...