The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the 14 soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a peacekeeping mission in the ...

Flags are flying at half mast on Friday at all South African flag stations in honour of the soldiers killed in the eastern ...

An embassy is an inviolate premise, a foreign territory indeed. This is bad for diplomacy. It is important for the DRC not to ...

At least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit "reaffirmed its solidarity and unwavering commitment to continue supporting the DRC in its pursuit of safeguarding its independence ...

South African leaders have agreed to maintain peacekeeping forces in eastern DR Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels seized the regional hub. The decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit "reaffirmed its solidarity and unwavering commitment to continue supporting the DRC in its pursuit of safeguarding its independence ...