Increasing violence and uncertainty marks the daily lives of the Congolese as armed rebel groups including March 23 movement ...

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with 602 victims of extrajudicial or summary executions in North and South Kivu recorded over just ...

Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to expand their control in North and South Kivu - setting their sights on ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.

At least 14 bodies were found in the Walikale area of North Kivu in the DRC following the withdrawal of the M23 rebel group.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is working towards a "safe ... announced a phased withdrawal from the area where the M23 armed group has made major advances. Details of the drawdown have not ...

Rwanda denies providing the M23 with military support, but a UN experts' report has said that Rwanda maintains around 4,000 troops in the DRC's east to assist the armed group. On Tuesday, Kagame and ...

The Rwanda-backed M23, a Congolese armed group, has seized control of large swathes of eastern Congo in recent months. But it has not indicated plans to advance on Kisangani, a strategic city in the ...

in February to support Congolese troops in the escalating conflict against the armed group, which has left about 100 people dead in recent weeks. However, the UPDF has been present in eastern DRC ...

KAMPALA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Military leaders from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have called on local armed groups operating in the volatile eastern DRC to surrender and ...