Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

More than 400 children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recruited into conflict in first two months of 2025 ...

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

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

The SAMIDRC was sent to help the government of the DRC, a Southern African Development Community member, restore peace and ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

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

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

The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the ...

Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...