The clashes have resulted in over 3,000 deaths, including 20 peacekeepers from South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania, and at least 2,900 injuries.

Regional leaders call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.

Urgent Call for Ceasefire in Eastern Congo A high-level summit of African leaders has called for an “immediate and ...

Regional leaders call for immediate ceasefire in DRC as Rwanda-backed M23 group advances, raising fears of regional war.

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

The meeting comes amid escalating violence in the DRC, where rebel groups under the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) have taken control of key cities, including Goma in North Kivu and Nyabibwe ...

Rising casualties in the strife-torn Kivu sees citizens pile pressure on leaders to get their men out of the killing fields.

Leaders of Central Africa demanded the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group stop its offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and called on Friday for the opening of an aid pipeline.

As M23 continues its destructive march, the upcoming EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

Regional leaders of eight East African Community (EAC) countries, and the 16-member South African Development Community (SADC ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region.

Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...