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

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

Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of families, with children ...

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...

African leaders announced a phased military withdrawal from eastern Congo, involving troops from South Africa, Tanzania, and ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway on Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, residents said, days after a nearby attack left a heavy ...

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

Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now under M23 rebel control, according to a document ...

Intense fighting erupted in Nyabiondo, eastern Congo, as M23 rebels clashed with local militias. M23 has seized the town amidst a deadly regional conflict, leaving a significant civilian toll. Backed ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and ...