The UN reports a tragic toll of 3,000 dead and 2,880 injured in DR Congo’s conflict, highlighting increased sexual violence ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council that he was deeply disturbed by the ...

The UN's top human rights body on Friday launched an investigation into alleged abuses during the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and adopted a resolution ...

Following the State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted the Presidential Golf Challenge at Atlantic Beach Golf Club in Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, on Friday.

Any relief operation where SANDF troops are based in Goma in the DRC could be risky due to the high presence of M23, who are ...

According to local sources, the fighting escalated on Thursday and continued into the early hours of Friday, with new clashes ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 has seized vast swathes of eastern DRC and is pressing southwards into South Kivu province, which shares a border with Burundi.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast for a week to honour South African Defence ...

On Thursday, during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) speech, President Ramaphosa said South Africa 'won't be bullied' ...

Congo's resolution calls for establishment of independent fact-finding mission to investigate widespread human rights abuses ...