Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the fighting between the rebel coalition led by the M23 and the Congolese army continues unabated. The militias are gaining more and more territory in ...

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

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...

After years of increased tensions and hostilities between the TPLF and the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, fighting began when TPLF forces attacked the Northern Command headquarters of the ...

Mogadishu — Somali President Hassan Sheikh joined regional leaders at the 26th Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) to address the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic ...

“Operation Shujaa is in Ituri and the M23 conflict is in North Kivu and now they are moving towards the south. So, on our part, we have had no problem and our operations with FARDC continue,” he said.

Paul Stares, director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations: "The level of anxiety that survey respondents feel about the risk of violent conflict over the coming ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

Here's what you need to know. Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large-scale instability in one of Africa's most conflict-ridden countries. Further ...