The EAC and SADC are under growing pressure to translate diplomatic engagements into concrete action to prevent further destabilization in the region ...

KINSHASA - DR Congo's prime minister said Monday that "more than 7,000" people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities.A ...

Even as fighting continues in North and South Kivu provinces, M23 has vowed to restore order in Goma and Bukavu.

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

Judith Suminwa called on countries around the world to take action and impose the toughest possible sanctions amid the atrocities committed by rebels ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region. And the European Union says it ...

Violence raging in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, ...

Local sources contacted by Aid to the Church in Need said the killings took place between Feb. 12 and Feb. 15 in Maiba, a ...

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...

The United States sanctioned a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel leader over recent fighting in the Congo.