Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

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

Angolan President Joao Lourenco, the African Union’s peace mediator for the conflict in Congo, is pushing for direct talks ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

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

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

African leaders announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to quell ...

The southern African regional bloc decided Thursday to end its military deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 ...