Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka now says President William Ruto is to blame for Raila Odinga’s loss in the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship race.At the same time, Mr Musyoka has called for the ...

M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

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

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 ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own ...