Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has withdrawn 40 soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and they were scheduled to arrive in the country on Tuesday. MDF Commander General Paul Velentino Phiri confirmed this in a telephone interview on Tuesday.

The latest report published by the Denis Hurley Institute said that the M23 rebels installed provincial officials in North Kivu province and continued their advance into South Kivu -- with ... gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss the conflict ...

Despite the announcement of a unilateral truce by the M23, the group continues to advance towards South Kivu. An intense battle took place in Nyiabibwe, 70 kilometres from the regional capital Bukavu. The DRC’s armed forces are being reinforced by those of Burundi, which has deployed more than 10,000 troops.

The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said that Rwanda-supported M23 rebels in the e

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, the second major city in the mineral-rich Kivu region to fall in three weeks.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Friday that Rwanda-supported M23 rebels in the eastern North Kivu province are hampering peacekeeping operations.