It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... who misruled Congo, which he renamed Zaire, from 1965 until 1997.

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

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 ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

End Congo clash for Africa to move ahead The recent killings of more than 700 people in the Goma region of Eastern Congo are sad memories of the history of wars and instability that continue to rock ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were ...

One man wore a shirt emblazoned with "REGIMENT ETRANGER DES PARACHUTISTES", the French Foreign Legion's parachute regiment, which successfully fought in Zaire, Congo's former name, in 1978 to ...