Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. Amid chaos and looting, Bukavu braced for what comes next.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

(Illustration photo — The interior view of Notre Dame de la Sagesse at the University of Kinshasa (Photo by Wikimedia ... Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Justice Minister Constant Mutamba ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned ...

African diplomacy is in high gear as leaders seek to stop the conflict in the DRC. As the rest of the world loudly cautions ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels seized the key city of ...

Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...