The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN ...

The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which ...

Rwanda's recent suspension of development cooperation with Belgium isn't just another diplomatic dispute in Central and Eastern Africa – it's more like a restraining order on an abusive ex. This ...

Patrice Lumumba, who helped lead Congo’s struggle from a Belgian ... And that is also why Nikita Khrushchev shouted and banged his shoe in the General Assembly: because of the Congo crisis.” While ...

Sustainable cities and global decarbonisation are essential if we are to reduce cities’ carbon footprints and decarbonise economies in the face of the climate crisis ... leader, Patrice Lumumba. He ...

And so, when Patrice Lumumba became the first independent leader of the Congo, Union Minière concocted — or, actually succeeded in the province of Katanga installing a marionette president ...

Advocates call for artist boycotts and public pressure on Rwanda over the resource-driven conflict in the DRC.

According to his account, he got stuck in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, soon after the city was engulfed in chaotic scenes of looting and other forms of criminal activity ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...