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 ...

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 DR Congo is so vast - two-thirds the size of Western Europe - that it is a member of both the East and Southern African blocs. The two regional groupings are joining forces to hold an ...

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict in the DR Congo. Amid the violence, a clinic is helping civilian casualties recover and rebuild their lives. Show more Kate Adie ...

The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi took part, though Tshisekedi was on video link. In Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province that is in the M23's sights ...

They even threaten war against the state of Uganda (in the same manner Tutsi-led rebel groups frame their identity issues in the DR Congo). The question then is: should Ugandans brace themselves ...

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, but also urged Congo's ...

Picture: PHILÉMON BARBIER / AFP BUKAVU - An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war urged Congolese and pro-Rwandan ...