The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...

It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu ...

M23 Rebels March Towards South Kivu's Bukavu, Burundi Warns Rwanda | Firstpost Africa | N18G As the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

They have imposed sanctions on officials of the rebel group, as well as on government officials, summoned envoys or ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu ...

A letter shared on social media indicates there is contact between South African soldiers seemingly confined to barracks in ...

Burundi Reportedly Withdraws Troops, M23 Marches Towards Butembo | Firstpost Africa | N18G Reports suggest that Burundi has ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) raised serious alarms Thursday about the escalating ...

Pacifique Murhula, a cab driver in Bukavu, the rebel-controlled capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, did not see any good reason why he “would waste time going to vote” during the country’s ...

The capture of Bukavu would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest ...