The AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa crystallized tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

On February 6, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – or River Congo Alliance – the political wing of the group that includes M23 ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...

Kenya’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairmanship suffered a major blow Saturday, February 15 as regional ...

The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's ...

In the third part of our ‘Stories from Goma’ series, The New Times looks at a seeming volatile relationship between the M23 Movement and SADC troops in areas under M23 control. The SADC mission, ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend the African Union summit that Ethiopia is hosting this weekend (15-16 February). Désiré Assogbavi, political analyst, was our guest.

M23 rebels have fully taken control of Bukavu, seizing key infrastructure, including the airport and the Bukavu-Kamembe ...

Ongoing advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo's Bukavu prompts fear and displacement among residents and ...

-Chaotic scenes unfolded in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Saturday after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels reached its outskirts, while a threat by Uganda's army chief to attack a Congolese town raised ...