The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

C orneille nangaa sits in an armchair in a five-star-hotel in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...

The summit of leaders from the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) due on Saturday, February 8, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a laudable move in the ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a unilateral humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in the DR Congo's (DRC) ...

The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have agreed to sit down on the table ...

Ramaphosa also insisted, in a later statement, that the presence of South African troops in DR Congo was not a "declaration of war against any country or state" - an apparent reference to Rwanda.