THE conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals…
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MALAWI’s President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile…
THE alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday. In…
RWANDA welcomed on Sunday calls for a joint regional summit over the escalating conflict in DR Congo. The M23 armed…
BURUNDI’s president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group…
THE United Nations says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in…
SOUTH Africa and Rwanda’s already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group…
HEAVY battles between M23 fighters and Congolese government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of…
THE besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital…
REBELS from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they advanced through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the…
RWANDA-BACKED M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, according…
THREE Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of…
M23 rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have taken control of a strategic town in the…
MALARIA and common respiratory infections, compounded by malnutrition, caused an hitherto unexplained spate of deaths in the southwestern Democratic Republic…
PRESIDENT Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the army chief as part of a reshuffle within the armed forces who are battling…
MALARIA has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western…
DR CONGO on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using…
AT least 79 people have died from an unknown disease that is causing flu-like symptoms in south-western Democratic Republic of…
AN international festival promoting peace that was due to take place in violence-racked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been…
THIRTY-SEVEN people – including three Americans, a Briton, a Belgian and a Canadian national – have been sentenced to death…