The rapprochement between Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which culminated in the DRC joining the East African Community (EAC) on March 29, 2022, promised several advantages and ...

Joseph Kabila was accused of supporting the Rwanda-backed militia M23. Days later he arrived in Goma, a city held by the ...

The 53-year-old led DR Congo for 18 years, after succeeding his father Laurent, who was shot dead in 2001. Speaking to the ...

The image came from a video that showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly ...

Experts blame lack of a definite stance on regional policy for bad things that have befallen its citizens at home and away.

Misjudgements in regional politics have created a slippery slope of failed ventures for Kenya’s President William Ruto. Eager to be seen as addressing international issues, particularly in Democratic ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse.

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...