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Rwanda also criticised the UK’s stance on the conflict, urging it to support the African Union-backed East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa...
Residents and officials described scenes of looting, bodies lying in the street, and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanga...
Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there, but more recently, to aid in the fight against M23...
Three Congolese military sources said the decision to retreat was made to avoid the bloodshed that accompanied the fall of Goma, eastern Congo's large...
She also voiced concern for journalists, human rights defenders and members of civil society organisations who are seeking protection from reprisals b...
A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...
M23 said its forces moved in to "assist the population" after the city was "abandoned by Kinshasa's coalition forces."
Guterres was speaking on the first day of the annual meeting of the regional organisation, held at African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Eyewitnesses said they reached Bukavu's northern suburb Bagira on Friday evening but did not enter the city centre.
M23 rebels have been pushing south towards Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern DRC, since they seized Goma, the largest city, at the end of las...
Rwanda rejects accusations that its troops are directly supporting M23 rebels and insists it is acting in defence of its own security, especially in t...
The Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and that Congolese troops had pulled back with th...
African Union analyst Emmanuel Bensah told DW from Accra, Ghana, that it is crucial that African leaders attending the summit in Addis present concret...
Some displaced individuals reported receiving evacuation orders, while others claimed they had been advised against leaving. Many, having endured year...
The summit is expected to issue further directives to facilitate a sustainable ceasefire between the warring parties under the two peace processes, as...
It dismissed claims that the city had been taken over by 150 armed groups, stating instead that “Goma and its surrounding areas have been liberated an...
Heavy shelling was reported along the frontline on Tuesday morning, rebel, military and local sources told Reuters.
Addressing allegations of atrocities at Munzenze Central Prison, M23 distanced itself from the incident, claiming the violence occurred before its for...
South Africa is believed to have around 3,000 troops deployed in Congo, both as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission and a Southern African regional fo...
