The human toll is staggering. We and our partners are struggling to assess the full extent of the situation,” a United ...

Intense clashes broke out as the armed group seized a mining town in South Kivu province and resumed its advance towards the ...

M23 rebels, reportedly backed by Rwanda, have taken control of Nyabibwe, a significant mining town in the eastern Democratic ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have captured Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, escalating tensions despite a ...

Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, ...

Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this ...

As the situation gets worse in the DR Congo, the Director of Communication at Caritas Butembo-Beni has decried the ...

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission ...

A 1,500-strong force, including troops from Burundi and local militias, defended the town of Nyabibwe, on the road to Bukavu. Fighting between their two armies in DR Congo would heighten fears the ...

One person with direct knowledge of the fighting said a force of around 1,500 including Congolese troops, Burundian soldiers and local militia fighters had deployed to defend the town of Nyabibwe ...