Twenty Burundian troops have been killed in fighting with the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops supporting it in eastern Democratic of Congo, military sources told AFP on Thursday. "We have ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

More than 10 fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) have reportedly been killed in a series of airstrikes and bombings ...

Direct peace talks” between M23 rebels and Democratic Republic of Congo are set to start in Luanda on March 18, Angola’s ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

The question of peace between M23 and the Congolese government is also about a truce between Kigali and Kinshasa. Both have ...

UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...