Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Rwandan-backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is ...

The fall of Goma in North Kivu marks a temporary low point in eastern DRC’s decades-long turmoil.

In a passionate address, Malema urges President Ramaphosa to bring home SANDF troops from the DRC, highlighting the dangers ...

Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...