Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told ...

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east as international pressure mounted on ...

Much of the international community, including the Congolese government, has accused neighboring Rwanda of backing M23 and aiding the plunder of DRC minerals. UN experts believe that an estimated ...

This determination plus the practical route map the SADC-EAC Summit laid down needs to be applied to whole conflict in all its forms in the eastern DRC, to give the people who live in the two Kivu ...

In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

And Corneille Nangaa, who leads a rebel alliance of which M23 is the largest member, has vowed to march on the DRC’s capital in Kinshasa. Located 1,000 miles west of Goma, the capture of ...

The announcement on Monday came shortly after the UN health agency said at least 900 people were killed in last week’s fighting in the DRC's eastern city of Goma between the rebels and Congolese ...

The rebel group M23 declared a ceasefire in areas under its control in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing humanitarian reasons. The streets of Goma were busy as aid groups rushed ...

Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance across the east of the country for humanitarian reasons. The AFC/M23 rebel ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to ...

The use of heavy artillery in densely populated areas can have a devasting impact on civilians caught in the crossfire. Power lines and transformers have been damaged in the fighting, cutting off ...