"The exploitation and illicit trade of natural resources remain one of the root causes of the political instability and conflicts that continue to plague eastern DRC and the wider region," he said.

Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead ...

Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to ...

While for the people of the DRC, peace talks are the pathway to unity, recovery and reconstruction, the US is likely to be ...

AMID the conflict caused by armed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), displaced women are facing a heavy toll of sexual violence, trapped between survival, violations and a ...

An anthrax outbreak is compounding the worsening security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo ...

The evacuation came after lengthy negotiations between United Nations representatives, the DRC government and M23 ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...

Investigators are increasingly using technology and user-generated content to help identify and persecute perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict zone.

Although views to the contrary have occasionally been aired – sometimes underpinned by what seems to be solid empirical research hinting at African involvement in the drawing up of the continent’s ...