The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

In the previous article in this series, we saw the pros and cons of the election process and the road to independence. In this article, the culmination of independence and the new dispensation will be ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

Ombeni ran out the office and into the street, where crowds tried to dodge bullets and vehicles speeding through the city, ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

GOMA - Are South African troops fighting alongside Hutu militia in the DRC who were involved in a genocide? This is one of the claims as South African soldiers have been caught up in a fight ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with ...

The killer has a connection to the genocide in Rwanda through his parents, who were both Tutsi and were forced to flee the country following the outbreak of mass killings by the Hutu-dominated regime.