Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

The M23 rebels last week captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst escalation of ...

Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo - The M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have captured Bukavu ...

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

The UNHCR spokesperson also highlighted the fact that “heavy artillery shelling and looting” have destroyed 70,000 emergency ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

The Rwanda -backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around ...

The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...