South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital of ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Several of camp for internally displaced people in Kivu Congo’s leader called for a massive military mobilization to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels who were attempting to seize more territory in the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have released captured Romanian mercenaries who were fighting with the Congolese army. As they ...

President Paul Kagame said Rwanda was ready for "confrontation" as he rejected criticism over his backing for M23 rebels who ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise ...

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

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