UNICEF is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivering urgently needed humanitarian assistance —but more help is needed as violence intensifies in the eastern provinces.

As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that the warring parties ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...

A privately owned security company in South Africa has offered assistance to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) after 13 of its peacekeeping troops deployed in the DRC were killed in ...

The South African Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that another soldier has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting continues to rage on near the city of Goma. It is ...

East African Community leaders on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces are fighting rebel group M23, while aid agencies say the ...

Uganda is taking a more active role in the DRC. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized swathes of the DRC. Uganda has been accused of working against DRC interests by supporting the M23. The ...

Four more soldiers died in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in combat against M23 rebels, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) confirmed on Tuesday. "Following an exchange of ...

Photo: X/@PresidencyZA SADC leaders have condemned the ongoing violence in the DRC, where recent clashes have left soldiers dead and displaced thousands of civilians. The heads of state and ...

The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious escalation in the years-long conflict that has seen hundreds of ...

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss the escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as M23 forces supported by Rwanda advance towards the ...

Congolese rebels say they have "taken" the key city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The leader of a rebel alliance that includes the M23 group reiterated on Sunday that ...