The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

President Paul Kagame’s Press Secretary, Stéphanie Nyombayire, has called out Belgium’s hypocrisy in accusing Rwanda of mineral exploitation in DR Congo, despite the European country’s colonial ...

In the previous article in this series, we saw how a so-called “Tutsi-based” monarchy was replaced with a “Hutu-based’ republic. The Hutu masses were used as pawns to further the interests of Hutu ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

The simmering conflict in the DRC has reached unprecedented levels. The nation is suffering on all fronts, with rebels ...

M23 chief Sultani Makenga, wanted for war crimes, has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries. As M23 rebels advance in DR Congo, regional players meet to defuse the escalating crisis ...

The DRC, with its vast territory and abundant mineral wealth has become a key battleground for external powers whose interests in the country’s resources have exacerbated internal strife.

Images of devastation in Goma have begun to shift attention toward the crisis in DR Congo, pushing celebrities to boycott Rwanda.

The Rwanda Security Forces (RSF) are to deploy a new contingent to support the fight against rebels groups in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, according to the Rwandan authorities. According to ...