African leaders agreed on the consolidation of two regional peace initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict in the ...

Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day Monday, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could spark a wider conflict. Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s ...

Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against civilians, ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in fighting ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo, no resolution is in sight. The European Union is also trying to straddle its support for Rwanda, while tempering its forceful presence ...

The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.

President Ramaphosa has reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to a diplomatic solution for the eastern DRC, following a ...

Corneille Nangaa is the head of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), the political arm of m23, an armed group led by Congolese ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to a diplomatic solution that ensures stability in the ...

With hostilities subsiding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s occupied Goma City in North Kivu province, UN ...