Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

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.

The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups ... Congo’s forces were being supported in Goma by troops from South Africa and in Bukavu by troops from Burundi. But Burundi’s president ...

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 ...

The latest tensions erupted late last month, when at least 13 South African soldiers serving in eastern Congo as part of a regional security force mobilized by the Southern African Development ...