The First Congo War, also known as Africa’s First World War, took place from October 1996 till May 1997. It involved multiple ...

The United States sanctioned a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel leader over recent fighting in the Congo.

Rwanda has strongly condemned the United States’ decision to sanction Minister of State James Kabarebe, calling it an unjustified and unfounded move that does nothing to resolve the ongoing conflict ...

He briefly managed to flee but was captured again in December 1960. By this time, army colonel Mobutu Sese Seko had seized control of the country in a coup. Mobutu would then order Lumumba to be sent ...

The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which amounts to industrial-scale theft, must be stopped ...

Both The Monitor and New Vision, then much smaller entities than they became between 2000 and 2012, benefited from an ...

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing ...

The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

With Hutus at the helm, there was systematic repression of the Tutsis. This led to the formation of the Tutsi rebel group, ...

The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.