South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has arrived in Congo's capital Kinshasa, an official at the presidency said on ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

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Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...

What has been a slow-burn crisis in eastern DRC has again exploded into the open. Kagame appears to have calculated that a ...

The World Health Organization said on Thursday that over 2,000 people have been wounded by fighting in and around Congo's ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...