Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, President Mnangagwa, has described the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as complex, requiring an inclusive and honest ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is becoming a regional ...

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

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

M23 seizes mining hub, with rebel alliance leader saying call for a ceasefire from DRC and Rwanda ‘doesn’t concern us’.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed deeper into Congolese territory a day after Congo and Rwanda's presidents called for an ...

The conflict, rooted in the long fallout from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and competition for control of mineral riches, has led to rebel control of eastern Congo's two largest cities, thousands ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army and a rebel group that Rwanda denies backing. By Elian Peltier and ...

In 2021, Rwanda backed a rebellion in the Congo, the fifth time it has done so in the past 30 years. In January, the conflict sharply escalated, as Rwandan troops and their M23 rebel allies took ...

Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they have been helping the government fight rebel forces. The troops were sent ...

At least 14 South African troops have been killed in the fighting in DR Congo Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where ...