The editor of a daily newspaper in the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun serving a six-month jail term after being convicted of criminal libel.
It has been decided that Tanzania will lead the mission to eliminate rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Activists say the arrest of 20 people for plotting a coup was ‘concocted’ to curry favour with Kabila. Gregory Mthembu-Salter reports.
A 4 000-man regional force may not be strong enough to quell the rebels in the DRC, write Mmanaledi Mataboge and Phillip de Wet.
The state claims to have evidence that the 19 arrested Congolese nationals were part of a secret unit to unseat the DRC president.
Police have arrested 19 people suspected of being rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo – including two senior members of the M23 group.
The signing of a peace deal for east DRC, where rebels seized the city of Goma and control significant territory, has been "cancelled", says the UN.
More than 900 000 people have been displaced by violence in the strife-ridden eastern DRC region of North Kivu.
Uganda helped the M23 militia with "logistics" as it fought a deadly and successful offensive against the Congolese army.
President Jacob Zuma will be attending a summit this weekend that will focus on the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
United Nations sanctions experts have claimed soldiers from the DRC’s neighbouring countries assisted M23 rebels in their offensive in Goma.
M23 rebels announced they had opened talks with DRC President Joseph Kabila, hours after a regional summit called on them to end their offensive.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame will not attend Saturday’s summit in Uganda seeking a solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The strategic DRC city is a big prize for the rebel group March 23 (M23) , who have vowed to keep going to Kinshasa. Pete Jones reports from Goma.
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to sanction the leaders of the M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the DRC’s city of Goma.
Illegal activities related to mining in the DRC have underscored the urgent need for a truly democratic government, writes Gregory Mthembu-Salter.
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.