The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

Sadc soldiers are seen on a vehicle in Sake, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on February 11, 2024. Southern African leaders have subtly endorsed a political solution to the Congo ...

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was "shameful", adding ...

The position of Uganda, which was a key Rwandan partner in the earlier war, is the most ambiguous. Soon after the M23’s assault on Goma began, 2,000 Ugandan forces crossed into Congo near Butembo and ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and the need for a robust African response. The conflict in the Democratic ...

resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries - especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi - playing a ...

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...