Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered preparations for the withdrawal of Malawian troops from eastern DRC. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized the town of Nyabibwe in South Kivu, despite ...

The M23 rebel group, which recently captured the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

Up to 167 women have been raped and killed after prisoners escaped jail in the DRC, according to a UN document seen by the BBC.

The United Nations confirmed at least 900 people died in the fighting and another million were displaced, but the full scale of the human toll is still emerging. Many of those who died are women and ...