Fresh fighting has erupted in eastern Congo, following the arrival of armed men disguised in women’s clothing, say residents.

More than 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town near the border, continuing an influx that is stretching humanitarian resources.

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The Lord's Resistance Army has resorted to elephant poaching in order to fund its activities, according to human rights organisations.

Members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a militia run by the fugitive  warlord Joseph Kony, are killing elephants across Central Africa to raise funds, according to a report by watchdog organisations.

Rio Ferdinand has quit international football, the Football Association (FA) said today.

A senior politician has hit out at racist remarks aimed at the country’s first black minister by a member of the anti-immigrant Northern League party.

The Kinshasa government has suspended a dozen senior military officers and is interrogating suspects in connection with a mass rape incident in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A Rwandan-born warlord known as "The Terminator" insisted Tuesday he is innocent of charges including murder, rape, pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court.

France will send more troops to the Central African Republic to protect its citizens there after armed rebels seized the capital Bangui.

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