The almost eternal cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is fuelling a widespread violence, mass displacement and extreme human suffering in the country and its neighbours like ...

The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence as the rebels, known as ...

DR Congo's prime minister said Monday that "more than 7,000" people have been killed in the east of the country since January ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east as international pressure mounted on ...

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities ...

Authorities say a boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized and that 22 people have been killed.

Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo, a senior military source told AFP Thursday, as the UN ...

Burundi is dealing with its biggest influx of refugees in 25 years as families flee the escalating conflict in the Democratic ...

The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after taking two key cities, ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...