The United States announced sanctions against a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel in the eastern Democratic ...

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

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

The fighting in recent weeks has raised fears of a repeat of the Second Congo War, from 1998 to 2003, which drew in multiple ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries – especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – playing a ...

The next battle, known as the Second Congo War, came about as President Laurent-Désiré Kabila turned against allies Rwanda and Uganda. The fighting eventually ballooned into one of the biggest ...

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter) Ndlozi stressed the potential horrors of the war, chilling comparisons to the Second Congo War that left over 5 million people dead. “There is absolutely ...

was created in 2010 to protect civilians from violence and to monitor a UN arms embargo following the Second Congo War. Scott said Friday other military members will remain deployed in Kinshasa, ...

The rebellion was part of continued fighting in the region after the formal end of the Second Congo War in 2003. The conflict reignited in late 2021 after rebel “general” Sultani Makenga and ...