Regional leaders call for immediate ceasefire in DRC as Rwanda-backed M23 group advances, raising fears of regional war.

The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands dead.

Storyline: As senior officials from east and south African nations gathered in Tanzania on Friday for a joint summit to ...

The sight of unattended bodies on the streets underscores the urgent need for proper identification and dignified burials, ...

The Joint Summit reiterated its demand for the withdrawal of uninvited foreign armed forces from DRC territory, with leaders ...

Attended by leaders across the East African region led by President William Ruto, chair of the EAC, President Samia Suluhu of ...

Leaders across Africa have asked defense chiefs to come up with a roadmap to end the conflict in eastern Congo. Their crisis talks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea come as the long-running war ...

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern ...

The summit called for army chiefs from both communities 'to meet within five days' about immediate and unconditional ...

Di summit of heads of state of di East Africa Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), happun on ...

Around 3,000 people have been killed in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces, and thousands more have been ...