East African Community (EAC) heads of state have urged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi to “directly engage” with all stakeholders, including M23 rebels, to de-escalate ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Goma's streets saw bodies recovered as M23 rebels urged normalcy. President Tshisekedi promised a strong response. M23 forces ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Reuters quoted the spokesperson as saying that the UN is deeply concerned by these developments, which are backed by "credible reports." ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. On Thursday, power and mobile data services, which had been down for days, were back ...

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

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...

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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east and ...

They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading undiplomatic warnings. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also ...

Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...