Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are ...

Rwandan -backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including ...

Analysis - Kenya's foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community's Regional Force cost the region in ...

Kenya Police head coach Etienne Ndayiragije said they are not letting up their lofty aspirations of a maiden Kenyan Premier ...

Morgues are over-filled and more bodies are lying on the street, the ministry said, after this week's offensive by ...

Following a recent threat of military action against South Africa, the Rwandan government has now angrily responded to the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

Kate O'Connor smashes her own Irish pentathlon record in Estonia as Ann-Marie McGlynn finishes ninth at the European Club Cross Country in Portugal.

Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting Kinshasa's army in battles against M23. Any showdown over Bukavu ...

M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears By David Lewis and Sonia Rolley NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south ...