A Luxembourg-based firm is profiting from the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo by trading in smuggled minerals linked ...

The US special envoy to Africa on Thursday called on Rwanda to withdraw all its troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo and stop any support for the M23 rebel group. Repeated calls by the ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

The US peace bid in the Democratic Republic of Congo will involve cash for investments into the mineral sector, just as much ...

Within this shifting landscape, Burundi—often seen as peripheral—demands particular attention. Despite being similar in size to Lesotho at around 27,900 ...

Munene gave a historical account of the Congo crisis, tracing it to the Berlin Conference of 1884, and argued that the country is “the source of both Pan-African agony and Pan-African consciousness”, ...

A new Global Witness investigation indicates that international commodities trader Traxys has bought conflict coltan smuggled from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Rwanda.

"The only way to do that is to let younger people know … We always say, 'Never again,' but never again cannot be never again ...

Thucydides’ maxim from the 5th century B.C. that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must” seems to be ...

Rwanda's Ambassador to Liberia, Rosemary Mbabazi, was caught up deep emotional moment when she broke down in tears as she recalled the harrowing memories of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ethnic ...

Wealthy Gulf Arab states like Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are increasingly positioning themselves as key mediators ...

When US and Iranian negotiators meet in Oman on Saturday they will be just the latest to turn to crisis mediation in the Gulf ...