Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

The European Investment Bank is holding off on decisions to finance the $760m Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Central Africa, ...

Joint Standing Committee on Defence backs SADC's decision to end its mission in DRC, emphasising the need for diplomatic ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's suspension of cobalt exports has caused a significant price increase in the critical ...

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...