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

Rebels Call for Peace, Direct Talks with Govt in Kinshasa | Firstpost Africa | N18G The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have once ...

Sixteen South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members died in the cross-fire in January – the biggest contingent since the battle of Bangui in 2013.

By Aimable Twahirwa The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s largest ...

Explosions at M23 Rally in Bukavu Kill 11, Injure 65 | Firstpost Africa | N18G Welcome to Firstpost Africa with Alyson Le Grange. We are live from Durban, South Africa. At least 11 people have been ...

Addis Ababa (AFP) – A dramatic escalation of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and swingeing US humanitarian aid cuts are set to dominate an African Union summit this week ...

Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations ...