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 ...

Uganda’s exports to DR Congo have been growing over the years, rising to about $433.2m (nearly Shs2 trillion) between ...

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 ...

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 ...

M23, an amorphous well-heeled and ambitious rebel group from the east of the DRC is the lead combatant within a coalition of ...

"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 ...

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 ...

No fewer than 773 people were killed in Goma last week, according to Congolese authorities, as Rwanda-backed rebels captured the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a major esc ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

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

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