A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says the two sides have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in ...

The truce, declared late on Wednesday after a round of negotiations in Qatar’s capital Doha, has raised hopes that the latest wave of violence, spurred by M23’s bloody January assault and capture of ...

Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been riven by conflict for three decades and the crisis has surged again in recent months with M23's new advance into the cities of Goma and Bukavu.

New mediation must confront the root causes of conflict and include voices long excluded from elite-driven peace talks.

After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, ...

Once a bustling border hub nestled beneath the imposing silhouette of Mount Nyiragongo, the city of Goma in the eastern ...

"We hope the Pope will make an appeal for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," write the members of ACMEJ (Association Against Evil and for the Integration of Youth) of Katogota, in the ...

Last month, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame also reaffirmed their commitment to an "unconditional" ceasefire ... Goma and Bukavu - eastern Congo's ...

April 24 (UPI) --The Presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a cease-fire ... January that M23 fighters captured the city of Goma, where the United Nations then declared a ...

Civilians caught in a devastating humanitarian crisis involving sexual and gender-based violence COMMENT | ANNIE BUNTING & ...

ICRC Escorts Congo Troops From UN Base in Rebel-Held Goma to Kinshasa (Reuters ... up with a draft peace deal by May 2, following a ceasefire call. However, previous ceasefire calls have not ...

Previous commitments to a ceasefire ... long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu ...