Rwanda and Uganda are cashing in as rebel-held territories in eastern DRC turn to them for essential goods amid ongoing ...

In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, new recruits are being trained for battle – and US President Donald ...

The governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda concluded a peace treaty in June 2025, aimed at ending a decades-long war in eastern DRC. The United Nations welcomed the ...

The UN now says that the peace deal is not being respected. They have further warned of a dire humanitarian situation in the Congo due to the ongoing conflict.

From a regional perspective, the treaty marks the most significant global diplomatic engagement on the conflict in eastern Congo since the 2013 Addis Ababa accord, which involved no less than 11 ...

In the lead-up to a high-level peace conference on Africa’s Great Lakes region held on Thursday in Paris, firearms were still ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) DRC President Félix Tshisekedi (right) during a meeting with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Qatar. [AFP] Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will ...

The recent truce between the DRC government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new era of stability in the region. Yet even the ...

The ongoing conflict in Eastern DRC, allegedly fuelled in part by Uganda’s support for  M23 rebels, has inflicted devastating ...

Wivine Kavira Mukata was in the kitchen preparing plantains and fish soup for her family on the day in February 2014 when a ...

GENEVA, July 31 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has welcomed an agreement signed yesterday between the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, saying it could pave the ...

Former members of the Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Cong (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, on Feb. 23, 2025. (Credit: Moses ...