A recent ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, set to take effect this week, ranks as a tentative step towards peace in the country's conflict-wracked ...

So far, the US has led the Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace deal and has backed Qatar-led mediation talks between Kinshasa ...

Last week, the DRC government and M23 rebels signed a peace framework in Doha, aiming to ...

The recent truce between the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new era of regional stability. Yet even the ...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's ex-leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over ...

The peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda under the aegis of the United States is generally unfavourable to the Congolese side and remains fragile.

Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over ...

Ceasefire agreement signed in Qatar is in name only as Kigali-backed M23 and militia allied to Kinshasa clash in eastern ...

The U.S.-brokered deal represents a diplomatic breakthrough. But observers are skeptical it will deliver on its ambitious ...

It would be fairly easy for Rwanda to claim that Congo is not abiding by its side of the deal... and therefore to drag its ...

A United Nations fact-finding mission was denied access by the M23 to the parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo under the Rwanda-backed militia's control, the UN rights body said on Wednesday.