The European Union is expected to sanction nine individuals in connection with violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick ...

Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the ...

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region.

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases. A medical official says that’s really worrying.

Sultani Makenga, the military leader of M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, has said it was “unacceptable” that the government hired European mercenaries in the ongoing conflict that pitted the Congolese ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat has capsized in Congo and 25 people are dead, many of them soccer players.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 ...

"People are angry and the world is watching, saying nothing," she said. Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as residents flee by the thousands UN describes 'mass panic' in Goma as Rwanda ...