While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not known peace, stability and sanity, sustainable economic and socio-political ...

In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the shimmering waters of Lake Kivu meet rolling green ...

But in 1959, violence broke out between the Hutu and Tutsi, a conflict that ultimately ended with Rwanda’s independence in 1962. The new government elevated Hutu at the expense of the Tutsi ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday, M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops entered the city of Goma, in eastern ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in ... a long line of ethnic Tutsi-led rebel movements ...

They raised the prospect of further expansion of territory under their control. DRC’s government has called the takeover a “declaration of war” by neighboring Rwanda. Goma, a regional hub of ...