DRC hopes opening its vast mine fields to the Western world will pave way to long lasting peace while stemming support to ...

Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya and Stefania Okereke in London with Blessing Aderogba in Lagos. Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

In this video frame grab, people assist victims after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents ...

As violence rages on in the DRC, the UN has given the green light to the evacuation of families of its international staff ...

A mortar attack on a political rally in the South Kivu city of Bukavu on February 27 highlights the increasingly intractable nature of the conflict in the eastern DRC and the diminishing ...

By XinhuaKINSHASA - The death toll from two explosions in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 16, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said late Friday.The explosions ...

DR Congo Offers US, Europe Direct Mineral Access to End Conflict With M23 | Firstpost Africa | N18G DR Congo's President ...

The United Nations has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR ...

Rebels Call for Peace Talks as Pressure Begins to Mount on Rwanda | Firstpost Africa | N18G The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have once again expressed a desire to peacefully resolve the crisis in Eastern ...

More than 50,000 people have fled fighting in eastern DRC into Burundi, risking their lives by swimming across the Rusizi river, using their possessions as life rafts. Over 20 have died in the last ...

Heineken sites in DR Congo have been hit by the recent conflict in the east of the country. The brewing giant said facilities ...

Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.