The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

In the last few weeks and months, terms like “human rights”, “peacekeeping”, the “international community”, and “territorial integrity” have become central to global discourse. However, the ...

Southern Africa Development Community mission in Congo to begin phased ...

Direct peace talks between AFC/M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18, Angola’s presidency announced in a statement on Wednesday, March 13. The possibility of ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

Angola's Presidency confirmed the talks in a Facebook statement. The announcement followed a meeting between Angolan President Joao Lourenco and visiting DRC President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday, ...

In an African country, ministers do not have official cars or residences. There, these public officials rent their own ...

Every year on April 7th, Rwanda and its friends around the world come together to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi—a day recognised by the UN General Assembly as the International Day ...

Kinshasa has accused Kigali of deploying troops to fight alongside the Tutsi-dominated rebel group that has seized control of Goma, and Bukavu.

The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

President Paul Kagame has laid bare what many have long suspected: Félix Tshisekedi was never truly elected as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Speaking with authority as someone who ...