The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence as the rebels, known as ...

Major African regional blocs, the SADC and EAC, have jointly appointed former leaders to mediate the ongoing conflict in ...

The EAC and SADC are under growing pressure to translate diplomatic engagements into concrete action to prevent further destabilization in the region ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DR Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory ...

American singer-songwriter John Legend has told the BBC he is unfazed by a public backlash against his decision to perform in ...

Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...

As the humanitarian crisis deepens in the country's east with the advance of M23 rebels, President Felix Tshisekdi will soon ...

John Legend has defended his decision to play a gig in Rwanda despite the country's involvement in the war with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

KINSHASA, Congo — More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts ...