Southern African Development Community (SADC) have resolved to withdraw a regional peacekeeping force from the Democratic ...

The decision means troops in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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

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

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased from ...

Congo's forces were being supported in Goma by troops from South Africa and in Bukavu by ... Most continue to call for a ceasefire and a dialogue between Congo and the rebels. The Congo River Alliance ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In ...

Rebels have cited "humanitarian reasons" for the ceasefire after they captured Congolese territory ... The M23 rebels have seized Goma biggest city in the mineral-rich eastern region of DR Congo. Last ...

Goma is a critical trade and humanitarian hub ... Ministry issued a statement criticizing the rebels for violating a ceasefire that regional leaders have called for. The rebels were “imposing ...