The ;M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Since its ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) have resolved to withdraw a regional peacekeeping force from the Democratic ...

Ottawa will suspend government deals with Rwanda, trade missions and export permits for Canadian controlled goods and ...

The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”.

Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila appeared before a military ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

For the Congolese government, the ineffective Western responses follow a dismaying pattern. Decades of development support and military aid to Rwanda, along with the West’s heavy reliance on Rwandan ...

Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is in Rwanda for a high-profile meeting with President ...