Leaders from the Southern African Development Community met Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the conflict in eastern Democratic ...

The rebels’ advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them.

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with ...

The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African ...

GOMA: The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday (Feb 1), as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting co ...

Six species of the virus are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Reston, Tai Forest and Bombali.

Goma’s capture by the Rwanda-backed rebels has brought humanitarian operations to ‘a standstill, cutting off a vital lifeline for aid’.

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?