A rebel group has said it has advanced into Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

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

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

About twenty-five thousand Indian citizens live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Jaiswal said. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that ...

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 ...

The M23 rebel group was advancing towards Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a UN expert said on Friday, just days after the group seized the key eastern city of Goma.

M23 is the most potent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in DR Congo’s mineral-rich east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world’s technology. They are backed by ...

Supported by By Caleb Kabanda and Ruth Maclean Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Caleb Kabanda and Guerchom Ndebo reported from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ruth Maclean from Dakar ...

In tonight's edition: Calm returns to DR Congo's eastern city of Goma as M23 rebels advance south. Also, the Southern African Development Community holds a special meeting in Zimbabwe to discuss ...

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