U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Health Organisation and its partners conducted an assessment with DR Congo’s government between Jan. 26-30 “and report that 700 people have been ...

After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have taken control of most of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo. Sitting on the ...

The DR Congo health ministry said on Saturday there were almost 800 bodies in hospital morgues around Goma following the offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels to seize east Congo's largest city ...

Protesters have attacked several embassies in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, including the French one, during demonstrations on Tuesday against the escalating conflict in the country's east.

In tonight's edition: Rwandan President Paul Kagame strongly rejects criticism of his country's involvement in eastern DR Congo, where M23 rebels backed by Kigali appear to have taken control of ...

The rebels are now reported to be moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. The conflict in eastern DR Congo dates back to the 1990s but has rapidly escalated in recent weeks. M23, which ...

Wetin we call dis foto, Di M23 tok say dem be Congolese rebel group wey dey defend DR Congo Tutsi community Ethnic Tutsis na dem dey lead di M23. Dem say dem need arms to protect di minority group.

Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...

It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely ...

Meanwhile, Tanzanian Peoples Defence Force, TPDF soldiers had been deployed under the Southern African Development Community, SADC, a regional bloc operating in eastern DR Congo. “Following a ...

This follows the deaths of nine soldiers in Eastern DR Congo last week. President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed at least 2 900 soldiers in February last year to support combating illicit armed factions ...