Clashes Thursday between the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and Congolese militia in troubled eastern DR Congo killed 11 people just days after a ceasefire, local sources said.

Yet even the signatories show little hope.The US, UN and the African Union were among the first to welcome the July 19 truce between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group, which had ...

The recent truce between the DRC government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new era of stability in the region. Yet even the ...

The U.S.-brokered deal represents a diplomatic breakthrough. But observers are skeptical it will deliver on its ambitious ...

It would be fairly easy for Rwanda to claim that Congo is not abiding by its side of the deal... and therefore to drag its ...

A United Nations fact-finding mission was denied access by the M23 to the parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo under the Rwanda-backed militia's control, the UN rights body said on Wednesday.

Moves to end fighting in eastern Congo that are essential to U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for a mining bonanza in the ...

On Saturday in Doha, Qatar, representatives of the Kinshasa government and the M23 rebel group signed a declaration of intent ...

Thousands of people were working on the informal mining site in eastern Congo, in an area controlled by an armed militia.

The preliminary cease-fire signed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Doha last ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group have committed to signing a peace agreement by 18 August, as ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decades-long fighting and commit to a comprehensive peace agreement that would include the restoration of ...