Former DRC police join M23 as rebels advance, while Lubero residents fear imminent attack Former DRC police officers in ...

Can the DRC’s case against Rwanda before the African Court help defuse future conflict between African states?

Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been plagued by years of violence and conflict, especially in the eastern region, where the M23 rebel group has been a major threat to peace and stability.

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they edge closer to Burundi, the war risks dragging in more neighbours. A week on ...

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies Congo presence, accuses Congo of aiding militias Ethnic tensions risk wider conflict in region NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.