The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

Newborns and women in labor died in the bombings. Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances in North Kivu "I also follow with concern the events in the capital ...

In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...

Picture: AFP HARARE - The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, with calls for a collective response to the threat to regional ...

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The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), a regional bloc made up of 16 members, is holding a special meeting on Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. He said Rwanda is ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take their fight to the country's capital – but their attempts to march south are have been met by resistance. Rwanda-backed rebels ...

FILE - Paris has called for M23 rebels to withdraw from territories the group captured in eastern Congo. [File photo: DW] France’s Foreign Ministry said that Congo’s territorial integrity was “not ...

Leaders and ministers from the southern African regional group SADC gathered in the Zimbabwe capital Friday ahead of a summit on the conflict in eastern DR Congo, which has raised concerns for ...

FARDC (Armed Forces of the DRC) soldiers line at General Chiko Tshitambue’s command post on the southern outskirts of Kanyabayonga, close to the frontline, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic ...

Last year, another seven South Africans were killed in eastern DR Congo - making it one of the country's deadliest combat-related tragedies in recent times. South Africa and Rwanda have long had a ...

Hundreds of wounded have been admitted to hospitals in Goma following days of intense clashes between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed armed group M23. The group's capture of most of Goma ...