East African Community leaders on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces are fighting rebel group M23, while aid agencies say the ...

Seventeen U.N. peacekeepers have been killed this year in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including three within the last week, the U.N.

France's Foreign Ministry said that Congo's territorial integrity was "not negotiable" after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the eastern city of Goma. M23 rebels said they would march "all the way to ...

The capture of the city has cut off the supply of goods to North Kivu, an emerging market ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi snubbed a meeting convened by President William Ruto to discuss the security crisis in his country but confirmed attendance of a separate meeting convened by ...

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to ...

With tensions rising and the fear of violence casting a heavy shadow over the city, Goma stands as a ghost town, its streets stripped of the energy that once defined it. The hum of daily life has been ...

Rebel leader Corneille Nangaa holds news conference in Goma, asserting control on eastern city, home to some 3 million people ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

East African leaders have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid fighting that ...

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), promised late Wednesday a vigorous response to the advances of March 23 ...