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

The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) pledges "unwavering" backing to the Democratic Republic of Congo after advances by the Rwanda-backed M23 group, which ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious ...

The hostilities are occurring in a mineral-rich region that has been volatile for decades amid a proliferation of armed groups, which has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes over the ...

The United Nations is “deeply concerned” by the M23 rebel group advancing towards South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late Thursday, rejected any dialogue with the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group, ...

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

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

Wearing T-shirts and flip-flops, scores of young men lined up outside a stadium in eastern DR Congo on Friday, ready to take ...

The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, with calls ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 fighters say they will march on the city of Bukavu, after the Rwanda-backed group seized control of the eastern city of Goma. The head of the Congo River ...