Genocide ideology continues to threaten peace and stability in the Great Lakes region of Africa, particularly in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Rooted in Europe’s colonial ...

A coalition of Congolese army-backed militias known as the "Wazalendo" have recently committed widespread abuses against civilians in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human ...

Civilians caught in a devastating humanitarian crisis involving sexual and gender-based violence COMMENT | ANNIE BUNTING & ...

According to MONUSCO, some 1,400 people - most of them soldiers - have ... international humanitarian law and accountability from all parties involved," it said. M23 has held two major Congolese ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday it had evacuated more than 1,300 DR Congo soldiers and ...

M23, which UN experts have said is aided by Rwanda, took over Goma in January in the latest surge in the decades-old conflict ...

Goma (ICRC) – Between 30 April and 15 May, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped transport 1,359 ...

Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Cyril Ramphosa of South Africa met for the first time in Abidjan months after their open ...

AFTER Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an agreement to draft a peace deal, now is the moment to break the vicious cycle of conflict that has condemned generations of civilians ...

It even suggests the mission was a success because it helped prompt peace talks. But most military experts dismiss this as ...

Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa has committed to appointing formal boards of inquiry to investigate SANDF's  deployment to the DRC.