Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.
The city’s capture comes on the heels of M23’s occupation of the capital Goma last month. The expansion of rebel territory is escalating the risks of a full-blown regional war – M23 is just ...
Neighbouring Angola caught many by surprise this week by saying Congo and M23 would sit down for direct talks in its capital on March 18, at a time when the rebels are still seizing territory rich ...