M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

An increasingly volatile situation - driven by resurgent incursions by rebel militia groups - is killing and displacing ...

Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, President Mnangagwa, has described the conflict in the eastern ...

Eastern and southern African countries seeking to broker peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo expanded their team of ...

The second joint summit of the Eastern African Community (EAC) and South African Development Community (SADC) has appointed an expanded panel to lead peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will begin political consultations on Monday to form a government of national ...

M23 seizes mining hub, with rebel alliance leader saying call for a ceasefire from DRC and Rwanda ‘doesn’t concern us’.

It comes just after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held surprise talks in Doha on Tuesday, expressing their support for a ceasefire.

The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from one of the deadliest — in DR Congo — over fatalities, public opposition and ...

In addition it had wider impacts which continued to rock the region over a longer time. Rwanda’s attacks on neighbouring eastern parts of the DRC, for example, were attributed to protecting the Tutsis ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second largest country in Africa and one of the continent’s most important for nature conservation. Dense forests and woodlands cover more than half of ...