The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and ...

“Conflict-related sexual violence has been an appalling feature of armed conflict in eastern DRC for decades,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for U.N. human rights chief Volker Tür ...

“The situation in Goma is extremely grave and further complicating a humanitarian situation that was already beyond dire,” said Jean Francois Basse, UNICEF DRC’s acting Representative.

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement succesfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps above ...

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement succesfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps above ...

The announcement on Monday came shortly after the UN health agency said at least 900 people were killed in last week’s fighting in the DRC's eastern city of Goma between the rebels and Congolese ...

The soldiers were part of the regional Southern African Development Community force in eastern DRC alongside a UN mission. Three Malawian soldiers and one Uruguayan peacekeeper were killed later ...

One of the leaders of that Umbrella, Corneille Nangaa is no stranger to Tshisekedi – he was after all, the head of the electoral commission that announced him winner and president of DRC.

Poverty remains widespread in DRC, and the country failed to meet any Millennium Development Goals by 2015. DRC also concluded its program with the IMF in 2015. The price of copper – the DRC’s ...