With tensions rising and the fear of violence casting a heavy shadow over the city, Goma stands as a ghost town, its streets stripped of the energy that once defined it. The hum of daily life has been ...

The BBC has seen contracts that show that these hired soldiers were being paid around $5,000 (£4,000) a month.

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 ...

Seventeen U.N. peacekeepers have been killed this year in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including three within the last week, the U.N.

President William Ruto faces a delicate task as chairperson of the East African Community (EAC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace talks, with experts warning his decisions could affect ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi snubbed a meeting convened by President William Ruto to discuss the security crisis in his country but confirmed attendance of a separate meeting convened by ...

FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Dr Alex Vines, head of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, about the M23 offensive in ...

Kagame hit back, accusing South Africa of being part of a "belligerent force" involved in "offensive combat operations" ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to continue the march of liberation to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its ...

President Kagame tore into South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, warning that South African troops had no place in the ...

The capture of the city has cut off the supply of goods to North Kivu, an emerging market for East African Community (EAC) member states.

The three peacekeepers — one from Uruguay and two from South Africa — were killed over the weekend in the fighting around ...