The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on Tuesday, a security source said, following three days of ...

Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city ...

The swift advance of M23, one of more than 100 rebels operating inside eastern DR Congo, comes on the back of Kinshasa cutting ties with regional forces in favour of Southern African and UN forcesThe ...

In the capital, Kinshasa, protesters complaining of a lack of international action attacked foreign embassies, including ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

Fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and the Congolese army continued for a second day in Goma on Tuesday amid calls by ...

The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest wars, which ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intense fighting is continuing between M23 soldiers and government forces after the ...

The protesters also blocked several embassies, including those of the United States and France, in protest against the lack of any actions by their government against rebels ...

Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city on Tuesday, as M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance from army and ...