DR Congo government officials have become experts at shifting blame instead of taking responsibility for governance and security on their territory, Yolande Makolo, the Rwanda government spokesperson, ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its ...

Those who supported the National People’s Power (NPP) at the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections seem to have ...

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

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

The head of the UN Human Rights Office, Volker Türk, said that the worst could be ahead in the escalation of the crisis in ...

According to local sources, the fighting escalated on Thursday and continued into the early hours of Friday, with new clashes ...

Previously, the UN reported that around 2,900 people had been killed and 2,880 wounded in Goma as a result of the hostilities ...

NAIROBI - The U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials ahead of a summit meant to ...

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all those with influence to help halt the violence and warning of a ...

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, ...