The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

SADC leaders announce a phased withdrawal of peacekeeping forces from the DRC, responding to escalating violence and the ...

A defence and security expert has welcomed the decision by the South African Development Community (SADC) to terminate the mandate of its military mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC), saying the troops were ...

Sultani Makenga, the military leader of M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, has said it was “unacceptable” that the government hired European mercenaries in the ongoing conflict that pitted the Congolese ...

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to quell insurgencies in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels ...

Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway on Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Goma ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo's conflict-battered east.

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...