The Summit on Saturday bringing together SADC and the East African Community (EAC) was immensely practical in agreeing to effective action to fix the problems in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

African leaders agreed on the consolidation of two regional peace initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict in the ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Commission, Dr Moussa Faki Mahamat, has welcomed decisions made by the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) and the East African Community (EAC) to hold a joint summit to find a lasting ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

Congolese forces were losing control of the city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed by Rwanda took over the ...

Moreover, the integration of Rwanda and the DRC into this network would unlock new markets, especially given the DRC's recent accession to the EAC. Counties ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed rebel offensive in the east. The demonstrators targeted Western and African countries they accuse of complicity in Kigali's support of M23 rebels ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson tells the BBC. "It is a very densely ...

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on Monday, and the U.N. said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running ...