GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Leaders of a main Tutsi rebel group say they will stop fighting government forces and join the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A fresh surge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has created an increasingly desperate situation for distributing humanitarian aid.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The persistent advance of rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have forced nearly 13,000 residents into neighboring Uganda, officials say.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Gen. Laurent Nkunda has recruited fighters for his rebel force in the eastern Congo from the Rwandan army, The Telegraph reported Thursday.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo's military chief of staff has been fired after troops lost ground to rebel forces, the government says.

JOMBA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.N. special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo met Sunday with a Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader in Jomba as new fighting flared elsewhere, officials said.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The first truckloads of food aid for starving Democratic Republic of Congo refugees have reached camps in the country's war-torn northeast, officials say.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Clashes between rebel forces and government soldiers flared Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a cease-fire appeared to be failing.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations is calling for an end to violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after violence flared in the country on Thursday.