The DRC map. --Source: Wires Yesterday, a joint EAC-SADC Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting was held in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, preceding the Joint Ministerial Meeting scheduled for February 28.

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

Bukavu (DR Congo) (AFP) – Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying ... cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the armed group a major foothold in ...

Some would say that stealing the DRC’s mineral wealth has ... making it extremely remote from the capital of Kinshasa, which is around 1000 miles away. Google Maps says it is a 47 hour drive ...

Over the last 10 days, Kinshasa ... to the map of mining zones,” explained Descartes Mponge, an expert in mining issues. Bintou Keita, UN Secretary General’s representative in the DRC ...

Kigali has denied these allegations many times but this did not stop Kinshasa ... to the map of mining zones,” explained Descartes Mponge, an expert in mining issues. Bintou Keita, UN Secretary ...

Tensions have already started surfacing in Kisangani (in north central DRC) and Lubumbashi (in the south of the country) following the M23's threats to push all the way to Kinshasa. Les forces ...

Fighting in the eastern DRC continues as the M23 rebel group consolidates control over the Lake Kivu region and clashes with ...

As Angola continues to act as a mediator in the crisis in eastern DRC, President Lourenço is working on bringing about direct negotiations between Kinshasa and the M23. The conflict in eastern ...

As Angola continues to act as a mediator in the crisis in eastern DRC, President Lourenço is working on bringing about direct negotiations between Kinshasa and the M23. The conflict in eastern DRC was ...

The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...