The escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening on Saturday, with the DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a ...

Watch moreFighting intensifies in DR Congo as M23 rebels move closer to Bukavu "The entrance of M23 and the Rwandan Defence Force into Bukavu is a violation of DRC's sovereignty and territorial ...

With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa. Rwanda’s ...

Rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and pledged to ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, as they seized control of the nearby airport of Kavumu ...

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered (Moses Sawasawa/AP) Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...

The African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country’s east.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed ...

With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa. For all latest ...

Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Rwanda was violating DR Congo's territorial integrity through expansionist ambitions and human rights abuses. The Congolese government accuses Rwanda of ...