The African Union (AU) is preparing to elect a new chairperson for its commission to succeed the outgoing Moussa Mahamat Faki. The election will take place during the 38th Ordinary Session of the ...

With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa.

Earlier on Friday, the Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and ...

Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha Troufanov arrived in Khan Younis on February 15, to be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), released after nearly ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...

The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic leaders in East Africa launched a campaign on Wednesday (Feb. 12) to advocate for the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, ...

Congo's war tops the agenda at this weekend's African Union summit but chances of diplomatic progress are slim as rebels ...