A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Congo’s security forces were fighting on Tuesday against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major ...

Record seven-time winner Egypt was placed with three southern African teams in the draw for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported an ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...

The militia seized the pivotal city of Goma, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region that has suffered decades of ...

Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has ignited fears of large-scale instability in one of Africa's most conflict-ridden countries. On January 27, the M23 rebel group, backed by ...

Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ...

It looks like grocery shoppers hoping for soaring egg prices to turn around are likely to be waiting a while.