African heads of state are gathering for their annual summit in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this weekend, with escalating conflict in the DRC, the war and resulting humanitarian crisis in Sudan and ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have been pushing south towards Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since they seized Goma, the largest city, at the end of last month ...

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a ...

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

The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Several of the DRC's nine neighbouring countries, as well as South Africa, already have a military presence on the ground ...

Fierce fighting between government forces and M23 rebels in the DRC has led to a horrific humanitarian crisis, with thousands ...

The United Nations estimates that among the DRC’s population of 118 million, nearly one in five —21.2 million individuals— ...

On the eve of becoming the African Union’s new president, João Lourenço sits down with The Africa Report sharing lessons from ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned Rwanda against attacking it as tension rises over the deadly conflict in ...