A massacre of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has shone a spotlight on extremist groups operating across central Africa. This type of massacre is not new. Extremist groups, some of ...

FILE - South African soldiers, part of the Southern African Development Community's mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stand in Goma as the ...

At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also ...

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a Protestant church in the ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa participate in a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2019 (AP photo by Markus Schreiber). The ...

Calls for South Africa to withdraw its troops from eastern DR Congo continue to grow, with one military and defence expert saying withdrawing is now the only option for South Africa because it can no ...

In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, new recruits are being trained for battle – and US President Donald ...

France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades. Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the ...