The United Nations has reported mass violations including summary executions, gang rape and sexual slavery in the wake of a ...

Around 3,000 people have been killed in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces, and thousands more have been ...

The M23 offensive is the latest bloody chapter in the decades of violence that has torn apart eastern DR Congo, riven by ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Regional leaders of eight East African Community (EAC) countries, and the 16-member South African Development Community (SADC ...

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa ...

Rwandan-backed M23 said Thursday it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public meeting since seizing the ...

In a stadium rally held in the recently captured city of Goma Thursday, M23 political leader Corneille Nangaa asserted that he wanted to march on DR Congo's capital – Kinshasa. Backed by neighbouring ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

As the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders convene this weekend in Tanzania, the focus, analysts said, is on whether the meeting will yield a ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

The clashes have resulted in over 3,000 deaths, including 20 peacekeepers from South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania, and at least 2,900 injuries.