The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

Without grassroots support, Kabila was seen by many Congolese as an imposition. His belated attempt to gain legitimacy by ...

The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

It is now almost three decades, when the crisis in violatile great lake Eastern regional city of Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo started, with heavy violence carried out by the brutal ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

We have been here before. In Rwanda in 1994 as the genocide against the Tutsi was being committed and the fighting to end it intensified, the defeated genocidal government, its army and interahamwe ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...