The political blocs of Southern and Eastern Africa have expanded the mediation team for negotiating an end to the ...

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and pro-government fighters have clashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite pressure from regional mediators to halt the fighting. The rebels battled ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo sits firmly in the center of Africa and is the second-largest country by land area in ...

The heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) blocs resolved ...

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized ...

The country’s president offered a deal that would give the U.S. access to key minerals in return for a security pact that ...

The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth ...

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

In a surprise announcement from Qatar Tuesday the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda jointly called for a cease-fire in ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Efforts to achieve a ceasefire collapsed last week after the rebels pulled out from talks being facilitated by Angola.