Rebels and army agreed not to fight over Walikale Previous ceasefires have all broken down Angola withdraws from mediator role March 24 (Reuters) - A de facto ceasefire between Congolese forces ...

China replaces its top international trade negotiator, Hamas rejects an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire, Angola ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame have called for an "immediate ceasefire" in eastern DR Congo, after having direct talks in Qatar.

Angola announced on Monday it would withdraw ... It said the presidents reaffirmed their commitment to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire as agreed at an African summit in February.

M23 seizes mining hub, with rebel alliance leader saying call for a ceasefire from DRC and Rwanda ‘doesn’t concern us’.

The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ceasefire "doesn't concern us" as his forces pushed deeper into Congolese ...

President Joao Lourenco, the current chairperson of the African Union, had been trying to facilitate a lasting ceasefire but his office said in a statement that Angola needed to devote itself more ...

It is unclear whether the M23 would heed the ceasefire call, after the rebels refused to attend peace talks in Angola on Tuesday. DR Congo accuses Rwanda of arming the M23 and sending troops to ...