A contingent of the SANDF has been stationed in the DRC city of Goma on a peacekeeping mission sanctioned by the United Nations and SADC. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema at ...

(Photo by Michel Lunanga / AFP) The head of Africa’s health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a “full-scale public health emergency”, warning that the fighting there ...

The Congolese government, which accuses Rwanda of backing M23, has not confirmed the rebels’ takeover in Goma but acknowledged the city was under siege. On Wednesday DRC President Felix ...

Volunteers line up to fight M23 fighters alongside Congolese forces at a stadium in Bukavu Picture: Amani Alimasi/AFP The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key ...

The eastern DRC city of Goma was seized by M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies on 26 January. Residents have emerged to count the dead and make sense of the fast-moving offensive. Some small traces of ...

Fighters with the Rwanda-backed M23 took over Goma, the capital and largest city in the DRC's North Kivu Province, sparking fears among the city's population of nearly 2 million people.

Nangaa said the group would restore electricity and security in the city in the coming days and ... The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has yet to comment on the M23 advances.

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Rwanda on Thursday to address the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with President Paul Kagame. He urged the withdrawal of ...

France was also in "close contact with its partners at the U.N. in New York to encourage a resumption of the dialogue between DRC and Rwanda, facilitated by Angola within the Luanda process." ...

The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that recent fighting in the eastern DRC city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape. Uganda ...

The summit also asked the DRC government to protect diplomatic missions ... The Congolese government said it is fighting to push out the rebels from the city of 2 million. Edgar Githua, an ...