25.5 million people are food-insecure as a direct result of the armed conflict, which has ...

According to his account, he got stuck in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, soon after the city was engulfed in chaotic scenes of looting and other forms of criminal activity ...

As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...

A woman reacts as she receives a bouquet of flowers for the Valentine's Day in Goma, DR Congo, on Thursday. MICHEL LUNANGA/AFP ADDIS ABABA — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), taking over the regional governor’s office as government ...

Watch moreFighting intensifies in DR Congo as M23 rebels move closer to Bukavu "The entrance of M23 and the Rwandan Defence Force into Bukavu is a violation of DRC's sovereignty and territorial ...

The escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening on Saturday, with the DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a ...

Rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said ... creating the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Rebels vow to ‘clean up’ disorder ...

The African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country’s east.

Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, on Friday. It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces . The fall of ...