The United Nations said Thursday it was concerned by “credible reports” that the Rwanda-backed armed group M23 was advancing ...
DR Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi said on Thursday that his troops were mounting a military response as Rwanda-backed M23 ...
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Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.
Violent clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have escalated as the M23 rebel group takes control of Goma, resulting in ...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is part of a United Nations (UN)-backed peacekeeping mission in the DRC city ...
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...
M23 fighters are said to be consolidating their hold over Goma – raising fears that other neighbouring countries could be ...
Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise ...
Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.
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 ...