Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

GENEVA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual ...

At a crisis summit in Tanzania ... government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a ...

The first-ever summit of both Eastern and Southern African blocs points to the continent’s deep concern over the crisis and the standoff between Congo and neighboring Rwanda, which denies ...

M23 are a rebel group with an estimated 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, who are allegedly aiming to control of Congo’s access to minerals. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

Congo, on the other side, has termed the fall of Goma “a declaration of war” and vowed a “vigorous military response”. The crisis in Congo can be traced to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday called for stronger international pressure on Rwanda, accusing it of fueling violence in the eastern country by using the M23 rebel group as a front ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis, involving several neighbouring ...