Back in late 1996, another chubby Congolese rebel leader serving as camouflage for a Rwandan military intervention ... No one believed him at the time, but six months later, after Congo’s army had ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, ...

Some world events can look different to those of us on this side of the Atlantic, also, more precisely, in Berlin. God knows, here too I’m frightened at ...

Donning camo: Development organizations are devastated and the Labour ... Even Richard Dannatt, the former Army chief who’s been lobbying hard for a spending hike, told Times Radio last night that ...

The resurgence of Rwanda-backed insurgents in eastern Congo has reignited a decades-old conflict over ethnic rivalries, ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept ...

Soldiers given 12 hours to return to posts Residents describe chaos amid front line desertions Congo army reeling from loss of territory Finance ministry launches solidarity fund for donations Feb ...

Their statements during the court martial proceedings highlighted the dysfunction of an army that has now lost more territory in eastern Congo than ever before to Rwanda-backed M23 fighters ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the ...