The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

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.

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.

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

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

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly ...

Rwanda claims to have evidence of an intended attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo, denying any role in the unrest ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital ...

Kenya has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development Community member States in calling for cessation and ceasefire in the conflict prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...