The group lying dead in the sand were reportedly returning from a wedding in the Gao region when they were attacked, not by ...

A day before the soldiers invaded the church premises, Uganda Freedom Movement (UFM) rebels launched an attack on the Lubiri, ...

There have been several attempts to resolve the spiralling conflict, rooted in the fallout from Rwanda's 1994 genocide and ...

M23 leader says the rebel alliance is not bound by a call for a ceasefire made by the DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi and ...

The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...

The country’s president offered a secret deal that would give the U.S. access to key minerals in return for a security pact ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, battles are taking place for territory and rare earth minerals such as cobalt.

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from one of the deadliest — in DR Congo — over fatalities, public opposition and ...

Since January, the M23 rebel movement has seized Goma and Bukavu — two key cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — and since set up to govern for the long term in the regions under its ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters commend the SADC's decision to withdraw troops from the DRC, advocating for a focus on South ...

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