The conflicts serve as a real-time reminder that the America First policy is not tantamount to Washington’s total disregard ...

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday after the army took back some ground, two civil society sources and a local ...

Democratic Republic of Congo Defence Forces gather in the North Kivu province village of Mukondi. File image/ AP Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu ...

It accuses Congo's military of joining forces with Hutu ... Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put in place an ethnic quota ...

"This is a war over resources," said independent journalist Shauntelle Boyer, who has been covering the conflict. "Goma is one of the world's largest producers of coltan and cobalt. Seventy percent of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put in place an ethnic quota system that shared positions between Hutus and Tutsis equally.

A photo story featured in the issue put a human face to the war in Congo. Daniel Buuma’s humanising images juxtaposed with the dehumanising effects of war, poverty, and displacement foster ...

This introduction lays a foundation for the discussion of the East African Community and the battle for the soul of the DR ...