Uganda's role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to ...

The African Union on Wednesday welcomed peace talks that took place a day earlier in Qatar between the leaders of the ...

In a stunning blow to cease-fire hopes, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the mineral-rich town of Walikale in the ...

Two explosions in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday killed ... The blasts occurred at a meeting of leaders of the M23 armed group and residents in the ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi said he was going to begin discussions ... as about 3 000 people were killed. The rebels seized another provincial capital to Goma's south, Bukavu, a city of more than a ...

Few details on a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had come to light on Wednesday, the day after ...

Southern African leaders will meet in a summit on Thursday, 13 March to decide whether and how to withdraw their ill-fated ...

Fighting in the mineral-rich east of the DRC has recently intensified with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launching a lightning offensive and capturing two provincial capitals within a few weeks.

Last month, Uganda said it had "taken control" of security in the Ituri provincial ... troops to the DRC with the consent of President Felix Tshisekedi, the Congolese leader could hardly refuse ...

ADDIS ABABA - The African Union on Wednesday welcomed peace talks that took place a day earlier in Qatar between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, calling on the ...

African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace ... major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the armed group a major foothold in the region ...