Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

The UN's top human rights body on Friday launched an investigation into alleged abuses during the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and adopted a resolution ...

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 M23 and Rwandan forces on Wednesday launched a new offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining town in South Kivu province, as they resumed their advance towards the ...

The southern African regional bloc SADC declared its "unwavering" support for DR Congo after holding an emergency ... "I am ready to die for my country," volunteer Juvenal Bahati Muhigirwa Ndagano ...

In March 2024, the senior political and military leadership of M23 approached Andrew Mwenda, a veteran Ugandan journalist and seasoned observer of regional affairs in a bid to initiate talks between ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the upcoming EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

Analysis - Kenya's foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community's Regional Force cost the region in ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in ...