The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of ...

As conflicts rage across the continent, does the AU's decision to relegate its mediation role in favour of weak and ineffective Regional Economic Communities require rethinking?1. Contextualising ...

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Here's what you need to know. Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large-scale instability in one of Africa's most conflict-ridden countries. Further ...

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

The news comes as reports emerged that DRC and Rwandan troops have also exchanged fire on Monday along their shared border, risking a rapid escalation of the conflict amid the advance of the M23 ...

Congo, the U.N. and others accuse neighbouring Rwanda of fuelling the conflict with its own troops ... to cease diplomatic and consular activities in the Congolese capital within 48 hours ...

The M23 rebels — or The March 23 Movement — is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. In recent weeks ...

The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached alarming new levels following the M23 armed group’s seizure of Minova in South Kivu - a critical hub along the supply ...