There is no simple recipe for a good peace agreement, but research shows that four elements are important: a serious commitment from the parties, precise wording, clear timelines and strong ...

Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

Ending USAID could lead to the deaths of 14 million people over the next five years, an analysis from a medical journal predicts.

Residents of eastern DR Congo say the country's appearance at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations provides hope at a time of ...

One way in which Rwanda is positioning itself to extract maximum non-aeronautical revenue benefit from Bugesera is by ...

Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group are ‘moving in the right direction’, a diplomatic source told AFP as negotiations continue between the ...

Negotiators from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 armed group were in Qatar Wednesday for talks on a broader ...

Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa. After months of fighting in Lubero ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been ...

The foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a new peace agreement on 27 June 2025 ...