Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own self-interest to avert further humanitarian catastrophe ...

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

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned ...

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has firmly dismissed calls for South Africa to withdraw its soldiers from the ...

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

Rwanda and the rebels have accused Congo of defaulting on previous agreements. Regional leaders are meeting Friday and ...

Residents of Bukavu, which last fell to rebels in 2004, said people were stocking up on food, torches and batteries or fleeing towards the Burundi border ... fighting between Congo's army and ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Kigali has rejected the findings of U.N. investigators that it has sent thousands of soldiers and equipment into Congo to support M23. RISK OF REGIONAL WAR Relations between Rwanda and Burundi are ...

South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in eastern ...