The front line between the M23 guerrillas and the "Wazalendo" militiamen runs through the Ruzizi plain (in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). According to a ...

A first explosion caused panic, sending spectators fleeing, before a second explosion detonated, with pools of blood visible ...

Democratic Republic of Congo ex-President Joseph Kabila is gradually emerging from isolation, while those close to him claim ...

According to his account, he got stuck in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, soon after the city was engulfed in chaotic scenes of ... and South Africa-led SADC forces, against ...

Pearl Jam songwriter Eddie Vedder boasts an incredibly broad range of musical influences, but it was Peter Gabriel's WOMAD compilation that opened up his world.

Karim Khan, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his office announced on Tuesday, as the nation contends with ...

He did not provide specific details, but Bunia and other nearby areas have been the scene of violent conflict between the ... conflict in a large and often lawless part of the central African nation. ...

The purpose of his trip is to announce his presence on the international scene while he waits to face a yet to be opponent in ...

The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have reached the heart of Bukavu, east Congo's second-largest city.The rebels have seized the South Kivu province administrative office amidst scenes of cheering residents and ...