Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels' recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali's access ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo. The agreement signed Friday ...

Conflict analysts have suggested that Islamic state militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been able to operate with increasing impunity due to the conflict with the allegedly ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame praised the US role in orchestrating a peace deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

Rwanda denies helping M23 and says its forces are acting in self-defence against Congo's army and ethnic Hutu militiamen ...

CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said he was “thankful” for U.S. mediation in his country’s conflict with neighboring Congo following last week’s agreement in Washington, but warned that its success ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to bring an end to conflict in eastern Congo, where millions of ...

Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighbouring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid ...

Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of the country bordering Uganda. The attack comes as eastern Congo may see an ...

M23 holds more territory than ever before in eastern Congo after staging a lightning advance earlier this year. The fighting, ...

The deal, which is driven by Congo’s tourism ministry, may seem unusual. Congo’s annual GDP per person is less than $650.