Colonialism entrenched divisions between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's, and competition for the regions resources adds fuel to Congo conflict.
This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...
Vladimir Putin grabbed much of Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used supposedly local separatists, whom Russia armed, supplied and directed. These forces ...
Protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have attacked the US Embassy, as armed men were seen on the roof of the building which seems to be well alight. Shock images from the country's ...
Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...
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 ...
The First Congo War (1996–1997 ... these conflicts are not developing as a proxy war between US and French imperialism, but as the imperialist powers seek to counter the growing commercial ...
Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...