M23's rapid offensive in eastern Congo has rekindled tensions in the already fraught relationship between Rwanda and South ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

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

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.

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

Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own self-interest to avert further humanitarian catastrophe ...