A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

DRC hopes opening its vast mine fields to the Western world will pave way to long lasting peace while stemming support to ...

At least 11 people have died and 65 others injured after explosions hit a rally being held by M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern DR Congo.

The SADC and East African Community (EAC) joint process has appointed three eminent former African leaders to facilitate efforts to find lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them ...

Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending ...

LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...

MARTIN BAKOLE was out digging ditches in a Congolese wasteland three days ago and now fights on the biggest boxing stage ...

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

It was the latest jarring move from the 61-year-old leader that has fuelled a sense of worry and panic 1,600km away in the capital Kinshasa, where some residents are looking to move their families ...