CONFLICT RESOLUTION ; African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived Tuesday to ...

Crime has increased in eastern DR Congo's two major cities which were recently seized by the Rwanda-backed M23, the UN's ...

Crowds of Congolese police officers who switched to the M23 rebel group sang and clapped in occupied Bukavu city on Saturday, ...

Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east as international pressure mounted on ...

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...

The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday sanctioned Rwanda Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe over ...

Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo, a senior military source told AFP Thursday, as the UN ...

Burundi is having to deal with the largest movement of refugees in 25 years fleeing the escalating conflict in the DR Congo, ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating tension and violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).