The three-year insurgency by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has intensified, and the U.N. warned the violence could spill ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...

Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

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 ...

The troops, deployed as part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), were engaged in a two-day battle to prevent the rebel group from advancing towards ...

DSCHANG, Cameroon (AP) — In a classroom nestled in Cameroon’s lush highlands, a former rebel fighter teaches logic and philosophy. His students know him as calm and thoughtful, but his past ...

As a rebel, Tajoah lived under plastic sheets in the rain, cooked for leaders and carried out attacks on military and civilian targets. “You could never sleep with both eyes closed,” he said, pointing ...

Around 178,000 Congolese citizens had already been displaced from their homes as of last week, forced to leave as rebel fighters made ... the 16-member Southern African Development Community ...

Several people, including foreign peacekeepers, have reportedly died and hundreds more are injured as fighting persists for a third day between fighters of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition and ...

The rebel fighters claim they are open to dialogue ... In response to the fast-moving crisis, leaders of regional bloc the Southern African Development Community (SADC) convened an emergency ...