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After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

General Rudzani Maphwanya confirmed to Parliament that the bodies of the soldiers would arrive in Pretoria on Wednesday.

The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...

All parties must return to the negotiating table in good faith, for the future of regional peace and security,' experts say - ...

The DA strongly reiterates our call for the immediate withdrawal of South African troops from the DRC. The families of those who have already made the ultimate sacrifice deserve closure, and our ...

Rwandan-backed M23 said Thursday it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public meeting since seizing the ...

The city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) awoke cautiously as urban life tentatively resumed, ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

As the situation gets worse in the DR Congo, the Director of Communication at Caritas Butembo-Beni has decried the ...

Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season, trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the ...