SADC at it's Extraordinary Summit in Harare on Friday made it clear that it would not abandon the Democratic Republic of Congo, in fact wishing to strengthen support for that country which is facing a ...

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 ...

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on the international community to rein in Rwanda, which he accuses of “annexing parts of its neighbouring countries.”Addressing the diplomatic corps ...

They are training and arming young Burundian refugees and sending them to fight in DRC, ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

In its aftermath, the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in Eastern Congo, to the Rwanda-backed M23 militia ...

Morgues are over-filled and more bodies are lying on the street, the ministry said, after this week's offensive by ...

The DRC, with its vast territory and abundant mineral wealth has become a key battleground for external powers whose interests in the country’s resources have exacerbated internal strife.

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's ...

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday ...

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...