Rwanda and Congo negotiations lead to a peace deal to be signed
On June 27th, Rwanda and DR Congo will sign a breakthrough peace agreement to end conflict and bring economic prosperity...
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Nkosana Sithole kaMiya: Social media shrouds Congo and Sudan from sight
In a world increasingly shaped by the flickering images of social media, the pain of others has become a form...
Algeria ousted from Security Council in competitive UN ballot
Algeria has lost its seat on the UN Security Council during the election of new non-permanent members held on 3...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: Rwanda-DRC peace deal must listen to minority voices
More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into...
M23 rebels accused of ‘war crimes’ in DRC
M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are reported on May 27th to have incited violence...
Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved
Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear...
DR Congo reach ceasefire deal with rebel group
The DR Congo has reached a ceasefire deal with the M23 rebel group after successful talks were held in Qatar,...
South Sudan to welcome Congolese national to appease US
South Sudan have announced they will allow the entry of a foreign national after their refusal to do so led...
Qatar to mediate talks between Congo and Rwanda
Qatar mediated a second round of talks between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and separately met representatives of the...
Burundi faces influx of refugees as M23 rebels advance in DRC
Burundi is experiencing its largest refugee crisis in more than two decades, according to Brigitte Mukanga-Eno, UNHCR’s Representative in Burundi,...
French prosecutor drops case against Apple over Congo minerals
A document seen by Reuters on February 27th shows that French prosecutors have closed a case filed by the Democratic...
DRC: Shrinking international financing endangers humanitarian aid
Despite the escalation of the conflict in Eastern DR Congo, funds collected for humanitarian aid in the country are set...
Panic sparks in Goma over rumors of forced M23 recruitment
Panic broke out in the Congolese city of Goma on February 25th, after rumors circulated of forced recruitment by the...
Congo struggles to treat influx of war-wounded patients
Hospitals in Eastern DRC are struggling to keep up with an influx in war-wounded patients, as M23 rebels advance on...
War injuries strain medical facilities in DRC as rebels advance
Hospitals in The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to keep up with the amount of war wounded patients...
