KINSHASA - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, ...

Southern African leaders gave "unwavering" backing Friday to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the Rwanda-backed M23 group captured the biggest city in its mineral-rich east. The southern Africa ...

Following the tragic deaths of 13 South African soldiers in the DRC, the South African National Defence Union calls for the ...

The bloc is also calling for a joint summit with the East African Community. SADC leaders met in Harare for an emergency ...

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 ...

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?

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

The hostilities are occurring in a mineral-rich region that has been volatile for decades amid a proliferation of armed groups, which has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes over the ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is pushing southwards.

Risk analyst Kingsley Makhubela urges South Africa to focus on rebuilding relations with Rwanda rather than seeking revenge for the deaths of its soldiers.

The United Nations is “deeply concerned” by the M23 rebel group advancing towards South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of ...