As African leaders gather for the 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly, the Africa Governance Centre (AGC ...

The U.N. children's fund says armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels as the conflict in the mineral- rich region intensified in ...

Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir has been forced to find new routes after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on ...

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

After bearing witness to waves of fighting throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the eastern Congo city of Bukavu may once ...

Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own self-interest to avert further humanitarian catastrophe ...

The advancement of Rwanda-supported M23 rebels into South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, risks a major humanitarian crisis in an already displaced population. Despite international mediation, the ...

The collapse of USAID-funded programs has also left thousands of local aid workers in DR Congo without jobs, further crippling women's services.

The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people ...

Heads of state attending the African Union summit are expected to hold a high-level meeting on the escalation of violence in ...

Formula 1 has responded to the concerns raised about a potential Grand Prix in Rwanda after objections were raised by the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC ...