The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has heavily relied on foreign mercenaries to bolster its military efforts against the M23 rebels, despite the government’s insistence that they were merely ...

GOMA: The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday (Feb 1), as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting co ...

They held an extraordinary summit in Harare after the region lost soldiers who are there on a peacekeeping mission.

JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force has announced the death of another soldier in the Democratic Republic ...

The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African ...

Six species of the virus are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Reston, Tai Forest and Bombali.

Volker Türk condemns escalating violence in South Kivu and urges immediate action to protect civilians and hold perpetrators ...

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of January 30 following this week's offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

Southern African leaders gave "unwavering" backing Friday to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the Rwanda-backed M23 group captured the biggest city in its mineral-rich east. The southern Africa ...