The European Investment Bank is holding off on decisions to finance the $760m Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Central Africa, due to fighting between Rwandan-backed rebels and the Democratic Republic ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. "One of the main factors explaining the weakness ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

KCB has shut 15 branches in the DRC as clashes between M23 rebels and government forces escalate, raising concerns over ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...

Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have kille ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks that Angola plans to host next week which ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering participating in peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...