While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...

Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were returning to school, an AFP journalist saw, after schools shuttered in the city ...

For today’s Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja speaks to two people who live in Goma: one woman who has stayed and says finding food is almost impossible, and an activist who has fled the city after receiving ...

The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Sa’ada governorate in Yemen ...

THE African Union is in deep slumber as the Democratic Republic of Congo bleeds. Over 900 people were reported killed in Goma ...

African leaders agreed on the consolidation of two regional peace initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict in the ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized more territory across eastern Congo, with experts warning the conflict could widen into a regional war.

Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against civilians, ...

Volunteers were recovering bodies from a prison in eastern Congo's Goma on Monday after clashes between rebels and the Congolese army resulted in a prison break. David Doyle has more.

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in fighting ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...