Islamic State-backed rebels killed at least 52 civilians using machetes and hoes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days. That's according to the United Nations and local officials.

GOMA, Congo — Attacks blamed on an Islamic State-backed rebel group in eastern Congo killed at least 52 people this month, the U.N. peacekeeping mission to the central African country said Monday. The ...

GOMA, Congo(AP) — An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed at least 17 people in an attack on a hospital in eastern Congo, authorities said Saturday. The attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, or ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Islamic State-backed rebels armed with machetes and hoes have killed at least 52 civilians in the Beni and Lubero areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, UN ...