The Rwanda-backed M23 has seized vast swathes of eastern DRC and is pressing southwards into South Kivu province, which shares a border with Burundi.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast for a week to honour South African Defence ...

On Thursday, during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) speech, President Ramaphosa said South Africa 'won't be bullied' as it tries to deal with diplomatic tensions with the US over land ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

Congo's resolution calls for establishment of independent fact-finding mission to investigate widespread human rights abuses ...

If nothing is done in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, worse could follow for the people of the eastern DRC, as well as for the country's neighbours and the region, the United Nations Human ...

President Ramaphosa expresses hope for a permanent resolution to the ongoing conflicts in the DRC during the SADC-EAC summit, ...

Rwanda claims to have evidence of an intended attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo, denying any role in the unrest ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

The United Nations says more than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak on January 27 in ...

Kenya has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development Community member States in calling for cessation and ceasefire in the conflict prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic ...