In the first Congo war, Rwanda invaded Zaire (now Congo) in pursuit of Hutu ethnic extremists who had fled there after they committed a genocide in neighbouring Rwanda. The 1994 Rwanda genocide ...

The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

He led Rwandan-backed rebel forces during the First Congo War that saw the toppling of Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and the installation of Laurent-Desire Kabila. After Kabila turned on ...

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

With mass killings, prison breaks, mass displacement and mystery illnesses, violence has once again become a central issue in ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in minerals.