African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

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

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

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

African leaders announced a phased military withdrawal from eastern Congo, involving troops from South Africa, Tanzania, and ...

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

Gaza’s children were barred from schooling as schools in the Palestinian enclave were either destroyed or turned into ...

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 ...

About 1,000 miles away, in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebel group — which is backed by Rwanda, ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.

Huang Xia, special representative of UN secretary-general, visiting countries in Great Lakes region ahead of UN Security ...