Critical minerals factor into the fight.

His government accuses Congo's military of joining forces with ethnic Hutu-led militias ... efforts on the continent including in Central African Republic and, more recently, Mozambique.

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the ...

and the ethnic differences. Tinashe Mushakavanhu: Exploring southern Africa through cartography, or mapmaking, can help our understanding of the region's interconnected histories. Was mapping part of ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of events ...

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as ...

It came just 10 days after the IS-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... global IS networ, and central IS leadership, according to Liam ...

Central government control across the country remains shaky, with rival ethnic militias continuing ... Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Malawi, and Niger are also scheduled ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday called for the United Nations to sanction Rwanda, accusing its neighbour of ...

Gunshots rang out Sunday night in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, AFP journalists heard, after the ...

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on ...