Regional leaders of eight East African Community (EAC) countries, and the 16-member South African Development Community (SADC ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Around 3,000 people have been killed in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces, and thousands more have been ...

In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst ...

The conflict in DR Congo intensifies as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, advance towards South Kivu province. Congolese forces are preparing to defend Kavumu, the last stronghold before Bukavu, ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels seized the key city of ...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has reiterated his recommendation to Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi, whose country is the focus of the extra-ordinary joint EAC-SADC summit in Dar es Salaam ...

Belgian cycling team Soudal-Quick Step has withdrawn its development team from the upcoming Tour of Rwanda because of safely ...

Kigali and Kinshasa blame each other for renewed instability in east Congo, where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized the ...

Civilians attend a meeting organised by M23 at the Stade de L’Unite, a few days after the town of Goma was taken by M23 ...

A summit of African leaders meeting to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday called for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" within five days. The M23 armed rebel ...

DRC is a member of the SADC and the East Africa Community, or EAC, while Rwanda is an EAC member.