Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of the country bordering Uganda. The attack comes as eastern Congo may see an ...

A US-brokered peace deal aims to end Congo’s long war, but with rebels absent from the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's richest and most powerful provincial governor is courting disaffected parties in President Joseph Kabila's coalition, fuelling speculation he is preparing a 2016 ...

Paul Kagame set to win flawed Rwanda election with 99% of vote - Incumbent president has been in office since 2000 ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday he was unsure whether a U.S.-brokered peace deal would hold with neighbouring ...

KINSHASA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Voting equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo's election is stranded abroad and costs are spiralling, according to documents and officials, threatening to delay a ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission may have to postpone publication of provisional results from the long-awaited presidential vote, the panel's chairman told AFP on Thursday.

Zambian President Edgar Lungu is traveling to South Africa on Tuesday for an "urgent consultative meeting" with President Cyril Ramaphosa about Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election ...

Public and diplomatic pressure mounted Monday on the Democratic Republic of Congo to announce the outcome of December 30 elections to replace long-term leader Joseph Kabila.

A coalition of Congolese army-backed militias known as the “Wazalendo” have recently committed widespread abuses against civilians in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a speech to the Security Council a week after his inauguration, Joseph Kabila gave no date for the elections, saying only that they would be held once peace is restored and after Rwandan and ...

KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo rejected on Friday an African Union demand to delay announcing final results from its presidential election, compounding the turmoil surrounding a chaotic ...