The United Nations and United States have ordered sanctions against the head of a rebel group accused of atrocities as it seized territory in the DRC.
Amnesty International has called on the DRC to put an end to the fighting in the east of the country where several armed groups are committing abuses.
Delegations are gathering on Sunday ahead of a summit on the chronic unrest in the east of the DRC, the latest attempt to end the violence there.
Fishing is the lifeblood of Cabinda, a small exclave of Angola separated from the rest of the country by a sliver of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The plight of two rescued infant gorillas highlights the dangers confronting the endangered animals, victims of ongoing violence and rebellion in DRC.
US lawmakers have heard a powerful plea to stop a brutal wave of rapes and killings by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, says the World Health Organisation.
A top opposition figure in the DRC wanted by the government on treason charges is seeking asylum in the South African embassy in neighbouring Burundi.
Congo said it wants the UN peacekeeping force to "neutralise" a new rebel movement and a force that helped perpetrate Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
UN officials say armed groups may have killed hundreds of civilians in massacres and "incomprehensibly vicious" attacks in eastern parts of the DRC.
Southern African leaders on Saturday slammed Rwanda for supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a threat to regional stability.
A $150-million investment ties Tokyo Sexwale to a controversial Israeli businessman as he pulled off the "heist" of a prize mining asset in the DRC.
The SADC summit in Maputo, Mozambique, this month will consider approving the regional infrastructure development master plan.
Leaders of the Great Lakes region are scheduled to discuss the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The DRC’s President Joseph Kabila’s push for stability backfires as thousands are displaced and militias overpower his army, writes David Smith.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s newest rebel group has retreated from the strategic town of Rutshuru, heading into a mountain gorilla haven.
Rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized control of three towns in the country’s east, consolidating gains over state forces.
The DRC army has suffered an embarrassing defeat after being routed from the town of Bunagana.
The UN’s envoy to the DRC has warned that a rebellion led by an ex-warlord indicted for war crimes threatens to uproot millions of civilians.
Southern African countries bear the brunt of ambitious plans gone awry, writes Roman Grynberg.
The army in Democratic Republic of Congo has engaged in heavy fighting in Nord-Kivu province with mutineers.
The army in the DRC has vowed to go after mutinous troops who fail to return to its ranks before the expiry of an ultimatum issued at the weekend.
Human Rights Watch has released a video calling on DRC President Joseph Kabila to arrest General Bosco Ntaganda and send him to face war crime charges.
No image available
/ 24 December 2011
Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who has rejected Joseph Kabila’s re-election, held his own "swearing in" ceremony at his home on Friday.