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

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Many take Rwanda’s national unity for granted because they fail to grasp just how close the country came to being wiped off the map ... the trap of ethnic-based governance, as Burundi has.

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies Congo presence, accuses Congo of aiding militias Ethnic tensions risk wider conflict in region NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 ...

NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ... 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 system that shared ...

Burundi has had soldiers ... could exacerbate ethnic tensions and openly pit national armies against each other, analysts told Reuters. Although Rwanda denies accusation from the United Nations ...

Like Rwanda, Burundi has sought to heal deep divisions between its Tutsi and Hutu populations. Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military ...

Relations between Rwanda and Burundi are hostile. The two countries have a similar ethnic make-up but unlike Rwanda, the majority Hutus are in power in Burundi. Both countries have accused each ...

Rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma in the DRC, as the decades-long conflict becomes even more volatile. Sky ...

However, they appeared to be held up by Congolese troops that were supported by the army from neighbouring country Burundi ... it is defending ethnic Tutsis in DRC, whom Rwanda claims are being ...