There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic ...

Tensions remained high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... be held on Tuesday over the security situation in eastern DRC. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he was ...

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

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide.

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty.

Relentless budget cuts over the last decade have hollowed out the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), according to Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa.

A week after the first of 13 South African soldiers were killed by M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President and ...