Pope Francismade repeated appeals for peace during his landmark trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, but there was no let-up in fighting in the east.Putting an end to violence was a dominant theme of the pontiff's visit to Africa's lar...

By AFPA huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in DR Congo's capital Wednesday, on the second day of Pope Francis's visit to the conflict-torn country.Many tens of thousands of people flocked to the tarmac of...

By AFPPope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan next week, delivering a message of peace and reconciliation to two sub-Saharan African nations plagued by conflict.The 86-year-old pontiff is flying to the Congolese capit...

By AFPFew in the giant displacement camps north of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are enjoying the feasting and festivities they usually reserve for Christmas.Hundreds of thousands of people have fled an advance by M23 rebels, who hav...

By AFPThousands of tiny makeshift shelters hug the road leading north out of Goma, a symptom of the vast humanitarian crisis gripping DR Congo's turbulent east.Since late October, many tens of thousands of people have flocked towards the relative saf...

By AFP"Around 300" people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel group, Industry Minister Julien Paluku said on Monday.The army first accused the M23 insurgents of killing at least 50...

Kenyan soldiers landed in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, AFP reporters saw, as part of regional peacekeeping mission to the troubled region.Their arrival comes as the M23 rebel group has surged across the DRC's...

By AFPThe UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday said it "regretted" a move by the government to expel its spokesman.According to an official letter seen by AFP on Wednesday, DR Congo asked the peacekeeping mission, k...

By AFPDR Congo has asked the spokesman of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the country to leave "as soon as possible", according to an official letter seen by AFP on Wednesday.The central African nation's government asked the peacekeeping mission, kn...

By AFPUN chief Antonio Guterres said he was "outraged" after two people werekilled and several others injured when UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the Uganda border on Sunday.The UN force...

By AFPAt least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday.On Monday, hundreds of people blocked roads and chanted hostile slogans be...