Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The DR Congo is so vast - two-thirds the size of Western Europe - that it is a member of both the East and Southern African blocs. The two regional groupings are joining forces to hold an ...

The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern DR Congo. In an urgent session ...

Vivian van de Perre, deputy head of the UN mission in DR Congo, said Wednesday that “so far 2,000 bodies have been collected from the Goma streets in recent days, and 900 bodies remain in the ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday said that he was disturbed by the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and warned that violence could spread throughout the ...

A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi took part, though Tshisekedi was on video link. In Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province that is in the M23's sights ...

Also read: Gov't assesses damages from DR Congo shelling The soldiers who are accommodated in Rugerero Sector, in Rubavu District said that they are being well treated; given basic supplies ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Goma to hear from the leader of the M23 rebels, the group behind the conflict in eastern DR Congo. Corneille Nangaa called for a minute's silence for victims ...

The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked poised to seize a strategic town, as United Nations chief Antonio Guterres ...