The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from one ...

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.

South Africa lost 14 soldiers in the eastern DRC conflict in January. Most were part of the SADC mission, but at least two were deployed as part of a separate United Nations peacekeeping mission.

The Southern African country has been trying to mediate a lasting ceasefire and de-escalate tensions between the DRC and neighboring Rwanda, which has been accused of backing the Tutsi-led rebel ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

As the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rages on ... set a key precedent for human rights enforcement in Africa and tests the AU's ability to uphold legal rulings.