Authorities accuse the 53-year-old politician of high treason over alleged ties to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.

South Africa had tried to avoid having its troops leave through Rwanda, which it thought would give Kigali the satisfaction ...

The DRC itself is home to over half-a-million foreign refugees, mostly from South Sudan, the Central African Republic, ...

Goma faces a cash crisis as Kinshasa shuts the local central bank; M23 rebels respond by setting up their own financial institutions.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) refutes allegations its now terminated mission in the eastern Democratic ...

Also in this edition: Since Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, was captured by the M23 rebels, fishing on Lake Kivu has come to a standstill. Fishermen no longer go out at night for fear ...

Congolese officials and negotiators for the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have arrived in Doha for talks to hammer out a ceasefire and end months of fighting that have raised fears of a wider regional ...

DR Congo's former President Joseph Kabila, on Friday, April 18, reportedly arrived in Goma, 10 days after he said he would return to the country after six years of silence and exile. Kabila said in ...

Rwanda has agreed to allow troops deployed by the Southern Africa bloc to fight rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to evacuate from the rebel-held city of Goma through its territory to ...

Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP)—The Democratic Republic of ... where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has launched a lightning offensive, seizing large swathes of land and key cities.

"If South Africa prefers confrontation ... But despite the announcement, the M23 last week took control of the mining hub of Walikale, the farthest west the group has advanced into the interior ...