The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012.

Burundian troops are reinforcing Congo's forces, mainly in South Kivu, at the request of the Kinshasa government. Rwanda has put the number at 10,000, U.N. sources estimate there are several thousand ...

Heads of State and government have strongly condemned escalating hostilities in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Elias Magosi, the SADC executive secretary, said at a briefing ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world by land area.

Several African countries are facing poverty and challenges, yet global superpowers are keen to exploit their weaknesses and ...

A rebel outfit that easily dispatches the national army, doing so with lightning speed, must surely have external benefactors doing the propping and supplying the military wherewithal ...

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed since Sunday.The M23 rebel group was advancing towards another city in the ...

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 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...

Thousands of refugees can no longer resettle in Minnesota after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing ...

Rwandan forces and the abusive M23 armed group should urgently ensure access to and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian ...

There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic ...