The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

Analysis - A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring the importance of African mediators and global partners ...

The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo ...

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu ...

The South African National Defence Union claimed that soldiers deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo are ...

Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem ...

Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of Congo accused neighbouring Rwanda of sending more troops across the border ...

Conservative estimates suggest the M23 rebels control approximately 43 per cent of North Kivu and 39 per cent of South Kivu ...

Parliament is demanding an investigation into the apparent under-equipment of South Africa’s troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.