With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa.

Earlier on Friday, the Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and ...

Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) has called for the immediate withdrawal of Burundian troops from Congolese territory, ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a second major strategic city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their dominance ...

With Hutus at the helm, there was systematic repression of the Tutsis. This led to the formation of the Tutsi rebel group, ...

Rwanda -backed rebels seized a second airport in eastern Congo on Friday, according to security and humanitarian sources. M23 rebels and Rwandan troops took what was seen as the last military obstacle ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo claimed Friday to have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance, as the United Nations warned that the recent escalation ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu, escalating conflict and causing displacement in eastern Congo amid ceasefire ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian ...