JOHANNESBURG - Pretoria is preparing to receive the bodies of 14 South African soldiers killed while on a peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fallen ...

Between nine and 13 female inmates, “all of whom had also been raped,” survived the blaze, Magango added, citing a judicial source in the DRC. “We did not independently verify the judicial ...

DRC - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convene in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic ...

Fighting between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces has exacerbated an already "dire situation" for millions of people, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO representative for the DRC ...

Uhuru said the withdrawal of the EACRF further slowed down the negotiations and that this led to the resurgence of fighting in Eastern DRC. He said efforts to maintain dialogue with the leadership ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda ...

The military justice system of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has issued an arrest warrant for Corneille Nangaa, accusing him of failing to prevent acts of torture under his authority.

Global interests, economic stakes, ethnic divisions and powerful alliances are shaping the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Who truly benefits as rebels seize key cities, and Congo's ...

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, opened the summit by emphasising the need for a unified regional response to the crisis in eastern DRC. She called on all parties involved in the conflict to ...

He acknowledged the complexity of the conflict, describing it as protracted and involving multiple actors with varying interests. The President pointed to the "clandestine international dimension ...

The DRC called for an urgent meeting to address the escalating violence by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in North and South Kivu provinces, presenting a draft resolution to establish the ...