Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Reports indicate casualties among ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

KAMPALA, Uganda — A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African ... That truce, between Rwanda and Congo, had been brokered by Angola.

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

The former US administration has said the government of Rwandan President Paul Kagame rebuffed a proposed peace incentive for a deal between ... Angola's northeastern border with Congo, to Kolwezi ...

is a commercial hub more than halfway between Goma, the capital of North Kivu province that the rebels took last week, and Bukavu. Congo's Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya told Reuters ...

Congo and Rwanda are both members of the East Africa bloc along with Kenya, Tanzania and other states ... and U.N. peacekeepers were sheltering in bases. At a border crossing between Goma and its ...

The first-ever summit of both Eastern and Southern African blocs reflects the continent's deep concern over the crisis and the standoff between ... eastern Congo, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ...

South Africa and Rwanda are embroiled in a spat over the deadly DR Congo conflict South Africa ... towards Goma - a major trading hub on the border with Rwanda. Last year, another seven South ...