The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international ...

Why did the M23 militia capture the city of Goma which lies in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo? Does Rwanda have ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

Formula 1 says it is "closely monitoring" the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the context of Rwanda's bid to ...

In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the shimmering waters of Lake Kivu meet rolling green ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

But in 1959, violence broke out between the Hutu and Tutsi, a conflict that ultimately ended with Rwanda’s independence in 1962. The new government elevated Hutu at the expense of the Tutsi ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with ...

They raised the prospect of further expansion of territory under their control. DRC’s government has called the takeover a “declaration of war” by neighboring Rwanda. Goma, a regional hub of ...

This violence is further complicated by a deeper tension between the warring Hutu and Tutsi tribes, an ancient conflict that most recently triggered the Rwandan Genocide of 30 years ago ...