President Trump speaks as from left, Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) approved on ...

A US-brokered peace deal aims to end Congo’s long war, but with rebels absent from the talks, many doubt whether signatures alone can bring real change.

The deal aligns squarely with U.S. strategic interests and President Trump’s ethos for a transactional foreign policy. The ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

This week, the Trump administration has officially ceased to implement "foreign assistance programs that do not align with the Administration's policies and promote U.S. interests". One of the first ...

THE discovery of gold in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a population boom and exposed the region to a renewed cholera scourge. Lomera, the lakeside village in th ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is launching prevention efforts, including raising awareness amongst vulnerable communities of how to prevent the spread of disease, to prepare for a possible ...