Mistrust between leaders and the Great Lakes region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential.

In a controversial interview, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie, joked that he would use a crude Afrikaans insult if Rwandan President Paul Kagame confronted him as he did with President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo, no resolution is in sight. The European Union is also trying to straddle its support for Rwanda, while tempering its forceful presence ...

The urgent appeal by the joint Southern Africa Development Community-East Africa Community meeting comes amid escalating ...

In recent months the Rwandan-backed M23 Movement has swiftly seized scores of territory in the DRC's mineral-rich east in ...

To refresh our memories, we turn to Britannica, and the story, “Rwanda genocide of 1994.” Britannica says that in 1994 the majority Hutu population in Rwanda slaughtered “more than 800,000 ...

President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, now says that his country cannot take responsibility for the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).In a statement, Kagame said the crisis was ...

President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his stand that direct talks between President Felix Tshisekedi and all is opponents ...

The government has previously refused to negotiate. But with rebels seizing another major town, a deal is the only way to ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within ...