On February 17, East African leaders urged all non-state armed groups to withdraw from territory they occupy in eastern Congo by March 30. The withdrawal was intended to take place...

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu, 70, has won the presidency of Africa's most populous democracy after a highly disputed election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday. Tinubu,...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on Wednesday accused his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of exploiting a violent crisis in his country's east to delay elections. Fighting in...

Fighting with heavy weapons erupted between government forces and M23 insurgents in eastern DR Congo on Thursday, shaking a five-day-old truce, security sources and rebels said. The ceasefire took effect...

Tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda are at their highest in years, with the DRC accusing its smaller neighbour of backing the M23, charges the Rwandan government denies. In eastern...

DR Congo's military used newly deployed jets to bombard M23 positions in the east of the country on Tuesday, officials said, with some residents of rebel-held territory fleeing across the...

In this scene of almost biblical toil, the prize is cobalt -- a strategic metal found in abundance in the impoverished central African nation. But the huge pit in Shabara,...

Observers have long considered that Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who recently became embroiled in a diplomatic spat with Kenya over a threat on Twitter to invade Nairobi, was being groomed for the...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says support for armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo must cease in his talks with Rwanda over accusations it is backing rebels in...

The claims in the unpublished report leaked to international media also accuse the Congolese army of providing support for armed groups in the eastern DRC. “Rwanda cannot comment on an...