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Angola's presidency announced it would "free itself from the responsibility of mediator" in order to focus more on broader African Union priorities.
The prospect of a ceasefire in the strategic town of Walikale, which the M23 rebels captured last week, had briefly fuelled hopes of reviving stalled...
It would have been their first direct engagement with DR Congo's government after President Felix Tshisekedi reversed his longstanding refusal to spea...
Walikale is the farthest west the rebels have reached in an advance that has already overrun eastern Congo's two largest cities since January.
Uganda military spokesperson Chris Magezi said hundreds of CODECO fighters attacked a Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) military post in the Congo...
One of the main topics will be AFC/M23’s demand for direct talks with the Congolese government.
The Angolan Government says the meeting was not part of the agreed peace mediation agenda.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame had called on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire after a surprise meeting...
Walikale, which is in an area rich in minerals including tin, is the farthest west M23 has reached during its unprecedented advance this year.
At Tuesday's meeting in Qatar, Tshisekedi and Kagame "agreed on the need to continue the discussions initiated in Doha in order to establish solid fou...
Many residents of Goma expressed confusion over what they saw as the rebel group's disproportionate response to European sanctions.
According to their joint communique, the opening of the two airports in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces will facilitate the withdrawal of SADC tro...
The deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti is an exception because African troops are most deeply involved in peacekeeping missions across Africa and ma...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) urged a broader and more inclusive panel of peace facilitators—effectively pushing back on an earlie...
President Felix Tshisekedi, who has long ruled out dialogue with M23, had been considering changing his position after a string of defeats.
M23 want the mediation team to formally involve all stakeholders in its initiative and its terms of reference citing knowledge of the mediation offer...
Congo's government has said at least 7,000 people have died in the fighting since January. At least 600,000 people have been displaced by the fighting...
The M23 rebellion, which has intensified in recent months, has triggered massive displacements and deepened the humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo.
President Felix Tshisekedi has recently accused him of sponsoring the M23 rebels who have seized east Congo's two biggest cities since January.
The M23 rebel group, believed to be backed by Rwanda, has seized swathes of mineral-rich eastern Congo since the start of the year.
