The Congolese government says it will give limited amnesty to the March 23 movement (M23) rebels and integrate them into the army if they agree to lay down their arms by March 15.
Congolese Defense Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo has vowed to investigate allegations that government troops committed rape in November 2012 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and says there will be no impunity.
At least 70 people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Red Cross workers in the region.
A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seized control of the eastern town of Kitchanga after days of fighting that have left more than 80 people dead, the UN says.
Government troops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of a number of eastern towns for the first time in eight months, after the March 23 movement (M23) rebels, weakened by infighting, withdrew from the territory.
The eleven countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa have signed a UN-mediated peace agreement meant to end the interminable cycles of violence that have been plaguing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for many years.
The eleven countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa have been invited to sign a UN-mediated peace agreement this weekend meant to end the interminable cycles of violence that have been plaguing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for many years.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the March 23 movement (M23) rebels had “external support” when they seized the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in November 2012.
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have captured the leader of a rebel group in the eastern province of South Kivu, an aide to the provincial governor says.
A newly formed1 armed rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says it is seeking to overthrow President Joseph Kabila and try him for “high treason.”
A new report says the Lord's Resistance Army has been weakened by military operations against the terrorist group, but it is still active in Central Africa.
The war being waged by armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced thousands of people who live in deplorable conditions, says the ICRC.
The UN peacekeeping department has asked the Security Council to back the use of surveillance drones for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, has said AU is interested in finding the root causes and solution to the crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Mai Mai militia of eastern Congo says they should also be included in the peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and the March 23 (M23) rebel movement.
On Monday, the Security Council unanimously agreed to impose an arms embargo on the March 23 (M23) movement and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the Associated Press reported.
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says the March 23 (M23) rebels have opened fire on two of their helicopters in the east of the Central African state.
