A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into the South Kivu province after seizing the region's largest city and an international ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012 ...

SADC leaders yesterday met in Harare to discuss the crisis unfolding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is threatening to destabilise the region. Emotions are flying high. Rwandan ...

A total of 288 European mercenaries who were fighting alongside Congolese government army (FARDC) were repatriated to their home country, Romania. The mercenaries who had been hired by the Congolese ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?