President Tshisekedi, visiting American senior advisor, discuss minerals-for-security deal COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME ...

The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis have long seen themselves as victims of the haphazard drafting of borders.

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ... two key hubs on the border with Rwanda. It is unclear whether ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a renewed push for peace in the conflict-battered eastern Congo, where the ...

the biggest city in eastern Congo. The two border cities are home to 3 million people. And yet, the West has enormous leverage. While Rwanda has diversified its revenues—including by boosting ...

In the major city of Goma, on the border with Rwanda, M23’s soldiers now patrol the streets and M23-appointed officials rule the city. Congo’s large but inept army has not slowed the group’s ...