African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have kille ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Islamic State-linked rebels attacked a village in conflict-battered eastern Congo killing at least nine villagers, a local ...

Public opposition to their deployment has surged since 14 South African and three Malawian peacekeepers were killed by M23 ...

The players were returning from a match in Mushie city in Maï-Ndombe province on Sunday night when the vessel capsized on the ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from one of the deadliest — in DR Congo — over fatalities, public opposition and ...

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo's mineral-rich east said Monday they were withdrawing from peace ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group announced it would skip Tuesday’s peace talks with the DR Congo government in Luanda, Angola, in ...