As Southern African leaders gather in Harare today to tackle the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a critical question hangs in the air: is President Emmerson Mnangagwa the ...

Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.

Several political parties represented in Parliament have voiced their frustration at the last-minute postponement of a ...

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and ...

Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into the centre of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The violence in eastern Congo has escalated. Near Goma in North Kivu, 13 peacekeepers have been killed by M23 rebels, while ...

M23, which refers to the March 23, 2009, accord that ended a previous Tutsi-led revolt in eastern Congo, is the latest group of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgents to take up arms against Congolese forces. It ...

Six foreign peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters intensified on Saturday, officials said .