As Rwanda commemorates its independence, a historian and a political analyst argue that the independence granted on July 1, 1962, was partial and served colonial interests rather than truly liberating ...

What is being touted as a rescue plan for the Congo could well turn out to be little more than a schematic for daylight ...

When you read Jan Vansina's books on Rwanda--such as Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom and Le Rwanda Ancien: Le Royaume Nyiginya--you are left wondering why he exerted so much effort ...

It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?

A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was signed in Washington D.C. on Friday by officials of the two African nations.

Despite peace deal signed in Washington with Rwanda, Congolese government will use available mechanisms to pursue justice for ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

In Goma, displaced residents remain cautiously hopeful. “We want peace, but we’ve seen promises broken before,” says Maria, a mother of three living in a temporary shelter ...

Rwanda's Ministry of Public Service and Labour declared a rare five-day public holiday from July 1 to July 6, 2025, to mark ...

colonialism, and needless slaughter. After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the First Congo War began, and since then, over six million people have died in the region. Reprisals for the genocide were ...