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

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed on Thursday to march on the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country. The group's capture ...

Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...

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 ...

The rebels are now reported to be moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. The conflict in eastern DR Congo dates back to the 1990s but has rapidly escalated in recent weeks. M23, which ...

Picture: AFP HARARE - The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, with calls for a collective response to the threat to regional ...

The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), a regional bloc made up of 16 members, is holding a special meeting on Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. He said Rwanda is ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take their fight to the country's capital – but their attempts to march south are have been met by resistance. Rwanda-backed rebels ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability, a lack of ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...