The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Despite growing international pressure, the Democratic Republic of Congo is standing firm on its decision not to have direct ...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame responded within hours after the United Kingdom (UK) imposed sanctions on him due to the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is resisting mounting international pressure to engage in direct negotiations with the ...

At the heart of this conflict lies a web of ethnic tensions, political grievances, and economic exploitation, particularly ...

M23 first surfaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2012. Thirteen years later, the rebel group is stronger ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have swept through the region seizing key cities and killing some 3,000 people in the most ...

Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is ...

At the moment the situation in the eastern region of DRC is grim. Rwanda has been supporting several armed groups across the ...

European Union announces suspension of defence consultations with Rwanda, which is bolstering M23 militia’s attacks on huge ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...

The human cost of the conflict became painfully clear as it was revealed that fourteen South African soldiers died in combat ...