On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

This development blocked earlier progress, when participants agreed that the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned that the risk of violence spreading regionally had ...

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region ...

The 14 SANDF members killed in the DRC were reportedly being repatriated on Friday, 8 February, passing through Rwanda, which the South African government had initially opposed.

In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, a major city of about 2 million people on the border ...