By taking Goma, the M23 and Rwanda crossed a Rubicon, as Kinshasa’s leaders cannot brook an all-out invasion of North and ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been warning of his imminent attack of the DRC region of Bunia, where he claims “his people” ...

View of a popular boulevard in Kinshasa, now nearly empty, January 30. (Photo by Prisca Materanya / LCI) The widespread protests in Kinshasa, which quickly escalated into looting and the burning ...

Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is ...

Between 2002 and 2003, Rwanda, Uganda, and DRC began implementing peace agreements that authorized a transitional government in Kinshasa led by Joseph Kabila. Despite these agreements, the ...

On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.

Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads ...

This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries - especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi - playing a significant role. Kinshasa is filled with rumours about internal political and ...

And once again, much of the international community has singled him out as the troublemaker, the deus ex machina behind a rebellion whose stated aim is to seize power in Kinshasa, the ruthless ...

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

He also protested about the involvement of SADC troops in the hostilities to fight alongside the FDLR in support of the illegitimate regime in Kinshasa. It remains unclear if the cessation of ...