African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

Nearly the entire world is breathing dirty air, as a shocking map reveals that just 17 per cent of the world's cities meet ...

The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), advising that Congolese nationals fleeing the conflict, as well as those ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

A first explosion caused panic, sending spectators fleeing, before a second explosion detonated, with pools of blood visible and abandoned shoes strewn across the scene in the city of Bukavu.

The SADC and East African Community (EAC) joint process has appointed three eminent former African leaders to facilitate efforts to find lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where ...

Blasts at M23 Rally in Eastern Congo Kill 11, Wound 65, Rebel Leader Says (Reuters) - Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group ...