M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned ...

AFPBurundi has sent an additional battalion to support the Congolese army against the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo, a security source told AFP on Friday.The M23 has seized ...

a Burundian military source told AFP. Rwanda accused Burundian troops of actively engaging in fighting against the M23.

It accuses Congo's military of joining forces with Hutu-led militias it says are bent on slaughtering Tutsis in Congo and ...

Sao Paulo (AFP) – The global success of Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here" -- riding high after three Oscars nominations -- has set off a national fervor usually reserved for Carnaval or the ...

But, it has also forced a new generation to reckon with the ghosts of the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship -- whose crimes remain unpunished. Originally published on doc.afp.com ...

The global success of Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here" -- riding high after three Oscars nominations -- has set off a national fervor usually reserved for Carnaval or the football World Cup.

But, it has also forced a new generation to reckon with the ghosts of the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship -- whose crimes remain unpunished. Long faded from public debate, the brutal era ...

But, it has also forced a new generation to reckon with the ghosts of the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship -- whose crimes remain unpunished.

The musical film, about two mismatched cellmates who form an unlikely intimate bond during Argentina's 1970s military dictatorship, was the hottest ticket at this year's Sundance gathering ...