The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international community.

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing ...

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's Defence Forces chief, threatened to attack Bunia in eastern Congo if local forces did not surrender within 24 hours. His statement adds to escalating tensions ...

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

President Paul Kagame has called for accountability, truth, and effective governance to find a lasting solution to the escalating security situation in eastern DR Congo. Delivering his remarks at the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The Great Lakes region was destabilised by the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Hutu extremists killed up to 800,000, mainly Tutsi, people in Rwanda. A Tutsi counteroffensive regained control of the ...

In part, this history has origins in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, during which 800,000 people, primarily from the Tutsi community, were slaughtered by ethnic Hutu extremists. The genocide ended with ...