Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... with many residents sheltering indoors. The M23 rebels, which the UN said were supported by an estimated 4,000 Rwandan ...

The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.

Belgium has a particularly unsavoury history of colonialising certain African countries and this continues to be a bone of ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continue their advance into eastern Congo’s South Kivu province, the wives of missing Congolese soldiers are left with more questions than answers, living in precarious ...

The First Congo War, also known as Africa’s First World War, took place from October 1996 till May 1997. It involved multiple ...

The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring ...

The DR Congo’s ongoing crisis, fueled by the M23’s advances and regional rivalries, demands urgent action to prevent further ...

Rwanda's President Kagame denies involvement in the DRC conflict, despite evidence. Global leaders call for peace talks as tensions rise.

A relative, Tantine, tells us who is to blame: M23 rebels - backed ... of fear of reprisals by the rebels. "This is the most worrying period of Goma's history," he said. "I am afraid, the future ...

Bukavu's fall, if confirmed, marks the armed group's most significant advance since it revived a decade-old insurgency in ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo.