Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

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 ...

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

The European Investment Bank is holding off on decisions to finance the $760 million Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Central Africa, due to fighting between Rwandan-backed rebels and the Democratic ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Sultani Makenga, the military leader of M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, has said it was “unacceptable” that the government hired European mercenaries in the ongoing conflict that pitted the Congolese ...

Southern Africa Development Community mission in Congo to begin phased ...

Congo's government and the M23 rebel group are set to engage in direct peace negotiations on March 18 in Luanda, Angola, according to a statement from Angolan President João Lourenço. Angola is ...

The AFC/M23 admnistration in the cities of Goma (North Kivu) and Bukavu (South Kivu) have at their disposal a sizeable ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu on Friday, local and civil society leaders said ...