The AFC/M23 rebels pressed on with their offensive in eastern DR Congo, capturing the town of Walikale in North Kivu Province ...

M23 rebels in Congo, backed by Rwanda, capture Walikale, dismissing calls for a ceasefire. This escalates a long-standing ...

Few details on a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had come to light on Wednesday, the day after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has taken control of the mining hub of Walikale in DR Congo, local sources said Thursday, ...

Presidents Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Paul Kagame of Rwanda have agreed to pursue ...

The ongoing crisis in DR Congo has drawn international attention, with various stakeholders weighing in on its causes and potential resolutions. Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a long-time ...

The withdrawal of the SAMIDRC force from the eastern DRC has significant negative ramifications for South Africa and SADC’s ...

There has been a vicious war of words between Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi and the Rwandan leader Paul Kagame – ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu province before capturing the provincial capital, Goma, a city of two million, ...

By taking control of Walikale, the M23 rebels seized a road linking four provinces in the east of the country: North Kivu, ...

The premature withdrawal of SADC troops reveals deep-seated political problems and military capacity limitations.