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

Southern African leaders have announced the phased withdrawal of regional troops from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the rebel group M23 will meet in Angola for peace talks on March 18. The date was confirmed by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, whose country has been ...

Acting on an arrest warrant from the ICC, Philippine authorities arrested Duterte in Manila yesterday and put him on a plane ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

Meanwhile, Wazalendo pro-governmental militias have dealt several defeats on the rebels in another part of North Kivu, the ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Two explosions in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday killed at least 11 people and injured around 65. The blasts occurred at a meeting of leaders of the ...

At least 11 people have died and 65 others injured after explosions hit a rally being held by M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern DR Congo.