Former president Thabo Mbeki says that for as long as the Democratic Republic of Congo refuses to look after the Rwandan-speaking Congolese population in the eastern part of the country, then military ...

Analysis - A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes ...

Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighborhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I ...

Africa, a continent of immense diversity, history and rapid urbanization, is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Its largest urban centers are economic and cultural powerhouses, ...

Video from social media shows rioters looting the Ugandan embassy in Kinshasa, one of several delegations attacked on Tuesday ...

The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Bruno Lemarquis, reiterates his deep concern over the critical situation in Goma. After several days of intense fighting, the ...

Following the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in eastern DR Congo, into the hands of the AFC/M23 rebel alliance, Corneille Nangaa, its political leader said the group is undeterred to ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped. It marks a sharp ...

Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces ...

Over the last year, the surrounding area in North Kivu province has become safer in the wake of a joint military offensive, dubbed Operation Shujaa, launched by Kinshasa and Kampala ... lull must ...