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By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

“We call on all parties to actualise the ceasefire and specifically on the M23 to halt further advancement and the armed ...

African leaders trying to solve the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 armed group and ...

M23 members regulated the flow at the stadium gates ... making phones and laptops, as well as gold and other minerals. Rwanda ...

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals ...

A deadly insurgency is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country three times the size of Texas that is estimated ...

The DRC has accused Rwanda of waging an offensive to profit from the region's mineral wealth. A report by UN experts in July supported the claims, finding that Rwanda has thousands of troops in ...

France was also in "close contact with its partners at the U.N. in New York to encourage a resumption of the dialogue between DRC and Rwanda, facilitated by Angola within the Luanda process." ...

Since the recent escalation of violence in the eastern DRC, at least 13 SANDF deaths have been reported. SADC heads of state accused Rwanda of direct involvement ... to protect lives and facilitate a ...

Rwanda denies backing the rebels, but the UN has made repeated calls for Kigali to withdraw forces from DRC and bring an end to support for the group. The UN meanwhile said that 700 people have ...