The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The government has embarked on identifying and mapping 'native legacy trees ' across the country to collect historical and cultural narratives associated with these trees for conservation, eco-tourism ...

"In much of the east, men with guns rape and plunder with impunity." And today, Rwanda is seeking to redraw the map of Africa by grabbing "a big chunk of Congolese territory while pretending not to".

Rwanda denies backing the rebels. Map locates Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda.

DRC hopes opening its vast mine fields to the Western world will pave way to long lasting peace while stemming support to ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Here the leaders of Southern and East Africa have decided to work together ... getting bogged down in the dispute between the DRC and Rwanda, with Rwanda complaining about insufficient control ...

and German East Africa (now Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) while Britain controlled the surrounding territories, including modern-day Botswana and Zambia. Germany was looking for a direct trade ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern ... as chairpersons of the EAC and SADC respectively. Rwanda-backed M23 advances in Democratic Republic ...

Rwanda is known for its drastic infrastructure development, well-maintained roads, and efficient transport network. Whether ...

In an era when borders are being threatened from Greenland to Gaza, Rwanda’s leader appears to have concluded that this it is an opportune moment to redraw the colonial map. Ben Shepherd, a consulting ...