The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including ...

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 ...

When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

More than 10 fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) have reportedly been killed in a series of airstrikes and bombings ...

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

DR CONGO: Peace talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and M23 rebels will begin on ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in January.

The Economic Freedom Fighters commend the SADC's decision to withdraw troops from the DRC, advocating for a focus on South ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...