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

KINSHASA - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is pushing southwards.

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

The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of ...

A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risks triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, ...

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war.The Rwanda-backed ...

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.

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the worsening security situation – which Tshisekedi skipped. In his absence, ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...