AFPThe head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health emergency", warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics.The ...

Member states met on Friday to discuss peace efforts, but this comes after the killing of 13 South African soldiers.

The bloc is also calling for a joint summit with the East African Community. SADC leaders met in Harare for an emergency ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister on Friday accused Rwanda of illegally occupying part of its territory, ...

France will propose a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Friday that aims to "increase the pressure on Rwanda" ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will dispatch a team to North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to facilitate the repatriation of deceased and injured SA National Defence ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

At the crisis talks in Harare, SADC reaffirmed its support of the DRC "in its pursuit of safeguarding its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," as the conflict threatens to spill over.

Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise ...

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the ...

The eastern DRC city of Goma was seized by M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies on 26 January. Residents have emerged to count ...

The following statement was issued today by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC.