Bukavu and the strategic town of Kavumu 35 km to the north, where the airport is located, are still under the control of the Congolese army. Panic has gripped the area since runaway soldiers looted ...

The AFC/M23 rebels have warned that they could advance toward Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, saying continued attacks against civilians by the Congolese army (FARDC) and its ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie wants Parliamentarians to teach M23 rebels a lesson, but South Africans ...

In Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African regional blocs called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in eastern Congo as they met this weekend for an unprecedented joint summit.

Christian leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have pledged to work toward peace and harmony between neighbors ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

African leaders on Saturday demanded an immediate ceasefire and negotations, to end a severe outbreak of fighting in the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo ...