A page has turned in Franco-Ivorian military relations, as France hands over the keys to its sole military base in Côte ...

The besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital was on the brink of falling to militia fighters and Rwandan troops.

President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violence between the Congolese army and M23 rebels ...

M23 militia fighters, alongside Rwandan troops, are pushing into the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, capital of the mineral-rich North Kivu province.

France's foreign minister on Monday said an offensive by Rwanda-backed armed group M23 on the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma "must stop". "As Goma prepares to fall, France expresses its ...

“As Goma prepares to fall, France expresses its solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo and its territorial integrity,” he said. The Tutsi-led rebels have claimed they have "liberated ...

The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend crisis talks with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame on ...

Goma is a humanitarian relief hub for all of eastern DRC, and was the epicentre of a vast crisis before it fell. It hosted ...

The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups that have been vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth.

The last ceasefire was signed at the end of July. The United States, France, the UK and Germany have called on their citizens to leave Goma.