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

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president said ...

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

The Tutsi-led rebels have seized Goma, the largest city in east Congo and capital of North Kivu province, which is home to ...

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

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

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.

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.

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic ...