Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.

Before the M23 rebels started fighting, Uganda and DRC had signed a deal to construct Bunagana-Rutshuru-Goma roads (89km). However, there has been a delay in tarmacking them after M23 rebels ...

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Curious, I opened the attachment. It was a photo of some of the carnage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to be precise, the photo of corpses of those killed in the DRC’s never ...

The DRC conflict has hit closer to home, with 13 SANDF members losing their lives at the weekend, in the city of Goma.

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city. U.N. officials reported ...

EFF MP Carl Niehaus said the meeting on troops in the DRC had been cancelled to shield Angie Motshekga from answering questions from MPs. Parliamentarians are up in arms after an urgent portfolio ...

She says this allows states not to accept responsibility for armed conflict and war crimes. Meanwhile, the DRC told the UN the advance of Rwandan forces into its territory is a Declaration of War.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world's most mineral-rich territories.

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...

Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken key city of Goma The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion ...