EASTERN Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared calm for a second day after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

Pupils in the regional capital Bukavu were returning to school, an AFP journalist saw, after schools shuttered in the city ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo borders, no resolution is visible. The European Union is also trying to straddle its support for Rwanda, while tempering its forceful ...

Leaders of the East African Community (EAC) and the South African Development Community (SADC) last week on Saturday approved a new set of measures expected to be crucial in pacifying the ...

In Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African regional blocs called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in eastern Congo as they met this weekend for an unprecedented joint summit.

DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, Prime ...