The Ugandan troop deployment comes as the Congolese army faces a major challenge from rebel groups seeking to control the mineral-rich region.

African Leaders Call for Immediate Ceasefire between DR Congo and Rwanda | Firstpost Africa | N18G Leaders from Eastern and Southern Africa, who met at a summit in Tanzania to discuss the crisis in DR ...

Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...

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

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops marched largely unchecked on Friday into Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, before ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

M23 Launches Attack in South Kivu, Threaten to March Towards Bukavu | Firstpost Africa | N18G Rwanda-backed M23 Rebels have ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has bemoaned inaction by the international community to end the fighting in the volatile eastern region. Experts, however, urge a local-driven process to find ...

The UN rights office warned that the situation in eastern DRC was "deteriorating sharply, resulting in serious human rights violations and abuses".