They held an extraordinary summit in Harare after the region lost soldiers who are there on a peacekeeping mission.

JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force has announced the death of another soldier in the Democratic Republic ...

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic ...

United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group ...

Volker Türk condemns escalating violence in South Kivu and urges immediate action to protect civilians and hold perpetrators ...

The death toll from clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo troops and M23 rebels has surged in less than a week.

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of January 30 following this week's offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

Southern African leaders gave "unwavering" backing Friday to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the Rwanda-backed M23 group captured the biggest city in its mineral-rich east. The southern Africa ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's ...

AFPThe head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health emergency", warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics.The ...