Dozens of people were reportedly injured after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in ...

The M23 rebels' rapid advance is the latest chapter in eastern DR Congo's long history of instability. And what factors were ...

Comfort Ero, President of the International Crisis Group, talks to Bianna Golodryga about what’s driving the deadly crisis in ...

Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending ...

Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern ...

South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been ...

Three former heads of state have been appointed to facilitate a joint regional peace process in the eastern Democratic ...

SADC and EAC appoint former Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta, Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Boshe as facilitators of merged ...

Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...

Internally displaced people gather outside Saint Esprit parish in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan 26, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] UNITED NATIONS - Top UN officials expressed concern on ...