East African Community and Southern African Development Community ministers on Friday, February 7, agreed to the implementation of a concept of operations to neutralise a Rwandan genocidal militia ...

As the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders convene this weekend in Tanzania, the focus, analysts said, is on whether the meeting will yield a ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the upcoming EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as ...

The crisis in eastern Congo has disrupted economic activity in East Africa, and especially air travel, with the region’s ...

Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

The UN Human Rights Council is considering whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses committed in eastern Congo on Kinshasa's request. Rwanda alleged it was responding to an "imminent" ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city.