One particularly horrific incident came to light when a mother recounted how her six daughters were systematically raped by ...

The EAC and SADC are under growing pressure to translate diplomatic engagements into concrete action to prevent further destabilization in the region ...

A mysterious illness has claimed the lives of at least 53 people in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising ...

The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

The defection ceremony took place in front of the provincial police headquarters, drawing the attention of the local ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region. And the European Union says it ...

Violence raging in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, ...

As armed attacks intensify in North Kivu, villagers plead for prayers after discovering dozens of victims inside a Protestant ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east as international pressure mounted on ...

The United States sanctioned a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel leader over recent fighting in the Congo.

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...