The recent military gains by the M23 in eastern DR Congo have further demonstrated that while the Kinshasa regime continues to sound war drums, they are far too weak militarily to win against a ...

Trump said his tariffs on the three largest U.S. trading partners might cause Americans some short-term pain, but "long term, ...

If there is one thing that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can rely on, it is the world’s boundless ability to look the other way. The Congolese people, subjected to unspeakable horrors for ...

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the major city in eastern Congo last week. Hospitals say they are overstretched, with some ...

Analysis - Kenya's foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community's Regional Force cost the region in ...

Rwanda justifies the M23 as a response to the very real victimisation Congolese Tutsis have faced. But the evidence suggests Rwanda may have reversed the order of events. It was the surfacing of the ...

Large parts of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, are now under the control of the M23 and their Rwanda ...