The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...

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

When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...

Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

The M23 rebels, which the UN said were supported by an estimated 4,000 Rwandan troops, are the most powerful of more than 100 ...

Scores of residents cheered on the M23 rebels in Bukavu as they walked and drove around the city centre on Sunday morning.

Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo’s second largest city as residents fled by the thousands to escape the ...

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

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

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