The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The DRC map. --Source: Wires Yesterday, a joint EAC-SADC Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting was held in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, preceding the Joint Ministerial Meeting scheduled for February 28.

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... of Bukavu can no longer hold." Image: Map of DRC showing Goma, Bukavu and Kinshasa ...

By Fergus O’Leary SimpsonJoel MasselinkLara Collart The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again ...

Angola is advancing efforts to mediate the crisis in eastern DR Congo by facilitating direct negotiations between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group. Following a meeting in Luanda, Angolan President ...

USAID staffer Kenneth Bledsoe and his family had to be evacuated to safety from the Congo -- only to return home to find Elon Musk leading the dismantling of the agency.

The talks show "Angola's desire to help our region find a way out of the crisis," Tshisekedi said in a Congo presidency post on X. "It is crucial that the decisions taken on this occasion are ...

A child displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers holds a damaged helmet at the camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Congo President Plans Unity Government in Response to Eastern Crisis (Reuters) - Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will launch a unity government, his spokesperson said on Saturday, as he faces ...

Congo has faced back-to-back losses in North and South Kivu provinces, fueling criticism of the authorities' military strategy. "His management is one of the causes of the current crisis," said ...