The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. A call for a pause ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

The Banyene family’s return to Sake, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was far from a homecoming.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have held direct talks ...

The group has reportedly armed itself by seized weapons and ammunition from the Congolese military. On Thursday, militants thought to belong to ADF approached homes in Mayba, in the DRC's Lubero ...

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“We are not scared of anybody. If we wanted to fight, we could have targeted the people that are behind this, but we did not opt for that. That is why Cyril Ramaphosa called [Rwanda President] Paul ...

A report by UN experts has said Rwanda maintains some 4,000 troops in the eastern DRC in support of the M23. Rwanda denies providing the group with military assistance. The DRC says the M23's ...

"This increase in crime is due to the circulation of weapons abandoned by the soldiers" of the DRC army, OCHA said, adding that this "raises the risk of an increase of insecurity in the province".

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have held ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has more than doubled military spending to $794 million (€732 million) — which raises questions about how M23 fighters have managed togain control of such ...