The latest advances are part of a major escalation of a decades-old conflict over power, identity and resources ...

Just over three years after the resurgence of the M23 in eastern DR Congo, the rebel group’s war with a government coalition saw its biggest escalation on Sunday, January 26, when the rebels entered ...

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference early on Thursday (January 30) addressing the mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk ...

Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday as they moved beyond the key city of Goma in an ...

The ongoing violence has exacerbated fears of a public health crisis, with the Red Cross warning of the potential spread of ...

Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), told a briefing in Geneva colleagues had reported “heavy small arms fire and mortar fire across the city and the presence of many dead ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi insisted his troops were mounting a "vigorous" response to Rwanda-backed fighters advancing in the country's perennially troubled east and slammed the international ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

A total of 288 European mercenaries who had been fighting alongside the Congolese army coalition (FARDC) arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday afternoon.