Congolese soldiers who fled from the battle with the AFC/M23 rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have praised the hospitality they have received in Rwanda. At least 131 Congolese ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continued to consolidate their hold over North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, despite declaring a ceasefire two days earlier and pledging not ...

Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season, trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the ...

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, is looking for information about war crimes in eastern DRC. Meanwhile, M23 rebels launched a renewed offensive toward Bukavu in South ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three peacekeeping missions. The UN intervened for the first time in ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to build bridges - but why?

The EU is backing up the embattled UN forces, railing against Rwanda’s support for the M23 rebel group in the latest war.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend a joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) in Dar es Salaam on Saturday, 8 February, to ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...