A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a ...

President Ruto acknowledges involvement of external actors with differing interests, says conflict cannot be resolved ...

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

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

The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation ...

Across Africa, the policies of the Trump administration are already having profound consequences for some of the world’s ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma have announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region for humanitarian reasons ...

In his weekly newsletter on Monday, President Ramaphosa paid tribute to the soldiers, emphasizing their bravery in defending ...

The South African National Defence Force confirmed on 27 January that three more soldiers had been killed in fighting near ...

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...

South African troops in the DRC lack essential resources, including adequate air support, attack helicopters and modern equipment. This limits their ability to respond quickly to threats and provide ...

Earlier this week the Tutsi-led M23 rebels seized Goma, the largest city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin ore mines ...