Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.

Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged all parties to hold direct talks, including with Rwanda-backed rebels ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

A summit of African leaders meeting to address the crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday called for an ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart, Felix Tshisekedi, joined a summit in Tanzania on Saturday where ...

A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region ...

Leaders from Eastern and Southern African regional blocs gather in Tanzania on Saturday to seek a solution to the conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels have seized a major city in the ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...