Congo's war tops the agenda at this weekend's African Union summit but chances of diplomatic progress are slim as rebels ...

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

The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been ...

Why did the M23 militia capture the city of Goma which lies in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo? Does Rwanda have ...

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

He has a long history of military intervention inside DR Congo linked to the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Rwanda does not admit ... who monitors Africa's Great Lakes region for the ...

Some of the key issues lined up for discussions include the ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

The UN Human Rights Council established on Friday an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of inquiry into atrocities committed by all parties to the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic ...