The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is taking a "devastating toll" on civilians.

Türkiye is ready to provide any support needed to resolve the dispute between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, should both parties desire it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

Congolese helicopter gunships swooped low over the plains to fire volleys of rockets and troops trucked towards the front line to halt Rwanda-backed fighters advancing on DR Congo's eastern provincial ...

Press Release - Civilians under continued assault as warring factions M23 and Congolese Army ramp up use of explosive weapons ...

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame criticises the international community for looking away from the real problem causing the DRC ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame criticises the international community for looking away from the real problem causing the DRC ...

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which involved Rwanda disengaging from the DRC and Kinshasa neutralising the FDLR -- remnants of the 1994 genocide perpetrators in Rwanda) in eastern DRC. Kagame rejects the allegation and says ...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said Thursday that recent peace talks with DR Congo had been merely a photo opportunity for leaders and demanded new efforts to solve their deadly conflict.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a decades-long conflict that has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian ...