The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said ...

Uganda’s exports to DR Congo have been growing over the years, rising to about $433.2m (nearly Shs2 trillion) between ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

M23 also has roots in the rebel movements sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda during the First Congo War (1996-1997) against Mobutu Sese Seko, and the Second Congo War against Laurent Kabila (1998-2003).

Ugandans deployed near where Congo army fighting M23 rebels Troops officially in Congo to help fight another insurgency With Rwanda backing M23, fears of regional escalation rise Thank you for reading ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...

and allowed Hutu militias to regroup in eastern Congo, prompting Rwanda and Uganda to invade the region. Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe fought alongside Congolese troops in a five-year regional war ...

Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 ... 4:49 PM UTC Africacategory Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near M23 conflict, sources say ...

Uganda, an ally of the US and UK under President ... The looming threat of a Third Congo War—following the two devastating conflicts of the 1990s that claimed six million lives, mostly civilians ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...