Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with 602 victims of ...

Convicted war criminal Thomas Lubanga has announced the formation of a new rebel movement, called Convention for the Popular Revolution, in eastern Congo's Ituri province. The movement could further ...

Based on the SAMIDRC experience, several steps are necessary to ensure that future SADC missions are successful and enhance the regional bloc’s capability to fulfill its mutual defence mandate, say ...

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits before being taken to training centres run by ...

By Burnett Munthali A notorious warlord known as Thomas Lubanga Dyilo has formed his own armed group in the Ituri region of ...

Military leaders from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have called on local armed groups operating in ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.

The M23 armed group agreed with the Southern African Development Community on the evacuation of SADC forces from eastern ...

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

A truce announced last week by AFC/M23 rebels in Walikale, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has collapsed after ...

There has been a feeling of regret on whether the momentum for peace was actually lost in abrupt change of the military ...