The International Monetary Fund and S&P Global Ratings last week sounded the alarm on the financial cost of an extended ...

Mistrust between leaders and the Great Lakes region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential.

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame attends a joint summit, hosted by the SADC and the EAC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

In Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African regional blocs called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in eastern Congo as they met this weekend for an unprecedented joint summit.

In a controversial interview, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie, joked that he would use a crude Afrikaans insult if Rwandan President Paul Kagame confronted him as he did with President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo, no resolution is in sight. The European Union is also trying to straddle its support for Rwanda, while tempering its forceful presence ...