Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The UN said at least 900 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in recent fighting in and around Goma, DR Congo's largest eastern city, after it was seized by rebels. The G7 nations and the EU ...

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Health Organisation and its partners conducted an assessment with DR Congo’s government between Jan. 26-30 “and report that 700 people have been ...

In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed and the fighting has sparked an ominous war of words between DR Congo and its neighbour, Rwanda. So how did DR Congo - the largest ...

The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have agreed to sit down on the table to discuss the way forward on the DR Congo conflict. The two blocs have ...

Meanwhile, Tanzanian Peoples Defence Force, TPDF soldiers had been deployed under the Southern African Development Community, SADC, a regional bloc operating in eastern DR Congo. “Following a ...

Previous interventions, including truce agreements, failed to cease hostilities. DR Congo’s military spokesperson, General Sylvain Ekenge, told CNN Tuesday that the rebels’ call for a ceasefir ...

The DR Congo health ministry said on Saturday there were almost 800 bodies in hospital morgues around Goma following the offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels to seize east Congo's largest city ...

The ongoing civil unrest in Eastern DR Congo has Uganda's business community on edge. Businesses, and the country as a whole, are losing revenue, not only to the civil strife but the apparent ...

A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and ...

The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern DR Congo. In an urgent session ...