M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda ... they blamed for the downing of a plane that killed the country’s ...

Southern and East Africa countries have made repeated diplomatic ... In North Kivu, a second day of clashes raged near the banks of Lake Edward, which straddles the border between Congo and Uganda, ...

Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven by an escalating conflict between the government and Rwandan-backed rebels in the ...