The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...

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 ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

At a summit held in Tanzania, east and southern African leaders urged an "immediate and unconditional" ceasefire to armed conflict within five days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 has vowed to march on the capital Kinshasa after capturing eastern DR Congo's biggest city ... "If it continues like this, war risks becoming widespread in ...

NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the ... deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military ...

Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary ...