RWANDA’S government asserted solidarity today with a top official sanctioned by the US over violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured ...

Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances ... Despite dedicating a quarter of the national budget to the army, Congolese forces—relying on local militias and mercenaries ...

Speaking before hundreds of people gathered on the esplanade of the National Assembly in Kinshasa ... Further reading: DR Congo: After fall of Goma, Pope Francis calls for prayers for North ...

Plumes of smoke rise daily from the crater of Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... stronghold in the Virunga National Park, the M23 led a violent ...

A summit of African leaders meeting to address the crisis in the DR Congo on Saturday called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” within five days. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group ...

The council reached its decision during a special session on the crisis, held at Congo’s request with support from 48 countries from all regions. During recent fighting in North and South Kivu ...

Vivian van de Perre, a deputy chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefed the Security Council remotely from ... Then, after a small group of M23 ...

The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces launched a new offensive on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend ...

The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces launched a new offensive on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a ...