Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

The DRC insists on a military solution in the fight against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. Analysts say the fall of Bukavu ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has bemoaned inaction by the international community to end the fighting in the volatile eastern region. Experts, however, urge a local-driven process to find ...

The AFC/M23 rebel coalition in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have their tails up, scoring a string of victories. After capturing Goma, the largest city in eastern DRC and ...

President Tshisekedi's UDPS party accused the clerics of colluding with "the enemy", after they met with the rebels.

With Kinshasa's notorious traffic jams, motorcycles are an easy alternative as they can manoeuvre their way around the ...

The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.

Uganda's army on Tuesday said it had deployed troops in the town of Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight ...

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...