Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could ...

Fourteen South African soldiers have already died in fighting. The army has now deployed an additional 700 to 800 troops to ...

Caught in the crossfire, civilians continue to suffer. Entire communities are destroyed, millions are displaced, and countless lives are lost. For the people of eastern DRC, this is not just a crisis ...

Mistrust between leaders and the region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – ...

Mistrust between leaders and the Great Lakes region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential.

African diplomacy is in high gear as leaders seek to stop the conflict in the DRC. As the rest of the world loudly cautions ...

The external influences at play in eastern DRC are a direct result of the DRC’s failure in governance, further exacerbated by ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

“We call on all parties to actualise the ceasefire and specifically on the M23 to halt further advancement and the armed ...

Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were returning to school, an AFP journalist saw, after schools shuttered in the city ...

EASTERN Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared calm for a second day after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid ...

The M23 has in recent months swiftly seized tracts of territory in mineral-rich east DRC after again taking up arms in late ...