Congo’s leader has called on young people to enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels attempting to seize more ...

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

Rwanda, which diplomats say backs M23 fighters who seized Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo this week, called on Wednesday for a ceasefire across eastern Congo and for Congo to negotiate with the ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) armed group on Thursday announced its willingness to dialogue with the government of the Democratic ...

Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - President Paul Kagame said Rwanda was ready for \"confrontation\" as he rejected criticism over his backing for M23 rebels who were pushing south on Thursday in ...

Heads of state of eight-member East African Community regional block on Wednesday called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, they said in a statement. They also called on ...

Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem ...

M23 rebels, with support from Rwandan troops, marched into Goma earlier this week and are now advancing south toward Bukavu.

Economic rivalry and ethnic tensions lay at the center of the long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the strategically located city of Goma has recently fallen to r ...

M23 rebels, with support from Rwandan troops, are now advancing toward the capital of neighbouring South Kivu province, in the biggest escalation since 2012 of a decades-old conflict ...

"The high commission staff is in contact with every individual who has asked for assistance and help," FO says, adds more likely to cross over in coming days.