Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world’s coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

The fierce clashes between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) armed ...

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

Ombeni ran out the office and into the street, where crowds tried to dodge bullets and vehicles speeding through the city, ...

Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border.

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa ...

Earlier this week the Tutsi-led M23 rebels seized Goma, the largest city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin ore mines. They then shifted ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo, with queues of young men volunteering to defend a provincial capital on Friday. The group ...

With Nangaa’s Congo River Alliance as the “political umbrella" for the M23, the think tank said the rebels have accumulated resources and allies that made them “attractive partners not only ...