Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...

What is their long-term goal and what should world leaders be doing to stop the massacres and human rights abuses? COMMENT | ...

The UN’s secretary general António Guterres has called on African leaders to act to avoid an escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was speaking to the African Union summit ...

The election of the new chief comes as the conflict in Africa’s second-largest country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

A rebel group has said it has advanced into Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

The AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa crystallized tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

The M23 rebels have seized Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in a major ...

One reason the M23 and Rwandan Defence Forces were able to advance into South Kivu quickly is that in January, they had ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in recent weeks as a result of the rebel advance.

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian ...