The Congolese government says it targeted an aircraft which rebels claim was delivering food aid before it was blown up in the district of Minembwe, close to the country's borders with Rwanda and ...

Hit by a funding crisis, largely linked to a cut in the United States' contribution, United Nations High Commissioner for ...

‘We’re here today to celebrate a glorious triumph,” Donald Trump announced last Friday as he oversaw the Oval Office signing ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) wants a peace agreement with Rwanda -backed M23 rebels before a planned summit ...

Hit by a funding crisis, largely linked to a cut in the United States' contribution, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been forced to announce the suspension of a fact-finding ...

The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebel movement has accused the Congolese government of bombing a humanitarian aircraft in South Kivu, nearly 72 hours after a peace deal was signed in ...

Kenyan banks are increasingly turning to their external subsidiaries to boost profits and mitigate risk exposures in the ...

More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, ...

Burundi is also affected by the conflict in neighbouring DR Congo. More than 71,000 Congolese nationals have fled the fighting between the Congolese army and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels since ...

More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, ...

Burundi has, meanwhile, cooperated militarily with DR Congo against rebel groups such as the M23, which is accused of receiving Rwandan backing. Kigali denies the allegation.

Congolese and Rwandan officials are expected to sign a peace deal in Washington on Friday following a diplomatic push by US ...