NAIROBI (Reuters) -As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, ...

With over 105 million people, the DR Congo is a mosaic of 250 ethnic groups and 700 languages, a testament to its rich cultural diversity. However, in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, ...

Behind the intrigue of South Africa and Tanzania’s role ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | A terse exchange between South African ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

ramping up the risk of a return to full-blown regional war. Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday on the crisis in the ...

The war - concentrated in Congo’s eastern city of Goma where 3 million people live - exponentially raises the risk of ...

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after the M23 rebels say they captured the major ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...

Rwanda is facing mounting international pressure over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the ...

and allowed Hutu militias to regroup in eastern Congo, prompting Rwanda and Uganda to invade the region. Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe fought alongside Congolese troops in a five-year regional war ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...