KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region, an army spokesman ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...

Western actors have grown exasperated with Rwanda’s impunity and have been forced to change tack. Quiet shuttle diplomacy, ...

As the Congolese government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels prepare to engage in direct talks in Doha this week, a mix of hope ...

The promising agreement between SADC and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday to facilitate the “immediate withdrawal” of ...

Rwanda has rejected charges ... of SADC troops comes after the M23 took control of eastern Congo’s main city of Goma and seized the second largest city, Bukavu, in offensives over the past ...

Also read : Tshisekedi's vast armoury in Goma and plan to invade Rwanda According to residents, the Burundians worked alongside Congolese troops and several militia groups, including FDLR ...

It remained unclear how much of the provincial capital was under the control of Congolese forces versus the Rwandan-backed M23, which claimed it had taken the city ... Rwanda as fighting raged in ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a third major ... The group already controls the city of Goma in North Kivu province and Bukavu in South Kivu province. The latest conquest comes after the ...

Goma’s only functioning paediatric surgery unit is struggling to cope with hundreds of wounded children after Rwanda-backed rebels ... in the western part of the city, which was seized by ...