Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could ...

Fourteen South African soldiers have already died in fighting. The army has now deployed an additional 700 to 800 troops to ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s ...

African diplomacy is in high gear as leaders seek to stop the conflict in the DRC. As the rest of the world loudly cautions Kinshasa and M23 rebels for restraint, African negotiators choose a ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were returning to school, an AFP journalist saw, after schools shuttered in the city ...

Bukavu and the strategic town of Kavumu 35 km to the north, where the airport is located, are still under the control of the Congolese army. Panic has gripped the area since runaway soldiers looted ...

MILITIA fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages in north-east DR Congo, local authorities ...

Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against civilians, ...

A hang-gliding pilot, a father and son and a former child actor are among those who have died due to the Los Angeles-area wildfires that started Jan. 7 and continue to ravage the area. At least 29 ...