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

Gunfire rang out across parts of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hours ... of human life in view of the manifest intentions of Rwanda,” he said ...

The directive ends nearly three years of restrictions on operational ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the Democratic Republic of Congo is often presented as a struggle to control ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has ... the worst may be yet to come for the people of the eastern DRC but also beyond the country's borders." Turk said nearly 3,000 people had been confirmed ...

Leaders from east and southern Africa don call on all warring parties - including di Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet ...

He warned instead that Rwanda itself is at risk of attack from across the border. “We categorically oppose the DRC’s attempts to portray Rwanda as being responsible for its instability in the ...

RWANDA says it is ... particularly those sharing borders with the Taodzera also highlighted the economic implications of the crisis. “The instability in eastern DRC is disrupting trade routes ...

On Wednesday, RwandAir said DR Congo had shut its airspace to aircraft registered in Rwanda, forcing it to re-route flights. Burundi, which borders both DRC and Rwanda, has sent around 10 000 soldiers ...